monster drill for all simple tenses (+) & (-)

Question 1

I have called you

Answer 1

nimekupigia simu

Question 2

I have seen them

Answer 2

nimewaona

Question 3

they will welcome you

Answer 3

watakukaribisha

Question 4

they will bath

Answer 4

wataoga

Question 5

we do not clean weekly

Answer 5

hawa hatusafishi Kila wiki

Question 6

they have not been here

Answer 6

hawajakuwa hapa

Question 7

she saw you yesterday

Answer 7

alikuona Jana

Question 8

will you not tell her?

Answer 8

Je, hautamwambia?

Question 9

I didn’t eat the food

Answer 9

Sikukila chakula

Question 10

y’all are late

Answer 10

mmechelewa
- the ‘me’ is indicating something has just been done/completed.

Question 11

you have not cleaned the house

Answer 11

haujaisafisha nyumba
- the ‘ja’ is indicating that something has not been done yet.
- the ‘i’ is for the house since it is an object.

Question 12

I am reading. Please don’t disturb me.

Answer 12

Ninasoma. Tafadhali usinisumbue

• ‘sumbue’ means disturb, so meaning “you, don’t bother me”

Question 13

I don’t know her. I only know you

Answer 13

Simjui. Ninakujua wewe tu

• ‘tu’ means only
• ‘si’ means I don’t
• the ‘m’ represents the person (her/him) in the sentence
• ‘jui’ would normally be ‘jua’ but since the sentence is negated, the ‘a’ changes to a ‘i’. ‘jua’ means to know or the sun, depending on the context.

Question 14

she stole the book, then returned it later.

Answer 14

alikiiba kitabu, kisha akakirudisha baadaye.

• the first word has ‘ki’ in it which represents ‘it’ (the book). ‘it’ is then discussed again later in the sentence but is changed to ‘ka’ (aKAkirudisha). if you have to use it twice in a sentence, change it to ka the second time.
• ‘iba’ means to steal.
• ‘kisha’ means then.

Question 15

birds fly over the ocean every day.

Answer 15

ndege hupaa juu ya bahari kila siku.

• ‘ndege’ means birds.
• ‘hupaa’ is the habitual tense , with ‘juu’ after it translates to ‘rises up / above’
• ‘bahari’ ocean / sea

Question 16

we are deciding if we want to come

Answer 16

tunaamua ikiwa tunataka kuja

• ‘amua’ decide
• ‘ikiwa’ if
• ‘taka’ waste but with ‘kuja’ (to come) after it, it makes ‘taka’ to mean to ‘want’

Question 17

do you think she wants to go home?

Answer 17

je, unafikiri anataka kwenda nyumbani?

• ‘fikiri’ think
• ‘taka’ with ‘kwenda’ (to go) after .. wants to go

Question 18

they never tell her the truth

Answer 18

hawamwambii ukweli kamwe

• ‘ukweli’ the truth
• ‘kamwe’ never

Question 19

if you buy me the house, I will tell you the secrete

Answer 19

ukininunua nyumba hiyo, nitakuambia siri hiyo

• ‘uki’ if you … use ‘ki’ after a noun to say ‘if’
• ‘hiyo’ that
• ‘siri’ secrete

Question 20

I only cook when she’s here

Answer 20

Mimi hupika tu akiwa hapa

• ‘akiwa’ being but when you add ‘hapa’ (here) after, changes it to ‘while she is here’