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  • 81 type

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    [English Word] be typed
    [Swahili Word] -taipiwa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] passive
    [Derived Language] English
    [Derived Word] type
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    [English Word] have typed
    [Swahili Word] -taipisha
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] causative
    [Derived Language] English
    [Derived Word] type
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    [English Word] type
    [Swahili Word] aina
    [Swahili Plural] aina
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [English Example] What kind of food is this?
    [Swahili Example] Hiki ni chakula cha aina gani?
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    [English Word] type
    [Swahili Word] fani
    [Swahili Plural] fani
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Swahili Definition] namna
    [English Example] teachers of various types of games
    [Swahili Example] walimu wa fani mbali mbali za michezo [Masomo 363]
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    [English Word] type
    [Swahili Word] modeli
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] engl
    [Note] rare
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    [English Word] type
    [Swahili Word] namna
    [Swahili Plural] namna
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] type
    [Swahili Word] -piga taipu
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Language] English
    [Derived Word] type
    [English Example] I know how to type and now I am learning shorthand
    [Swahili Example] najua kupiga taipu na sasa najifunza shorthand [Sul]
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    [English Word] type
    [Swahili Word] -chapa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Language] Hindi
    [Swahili Definition] kuandika kwa kutumia mashine
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    [English Word] type
    [Swahili Word] -taipu
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Language] English
    [Derived Word] type
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    [English Word] type for someone
    [Swahili Word] -taipia
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] applicative
    [Derived Language] English
    [Derived Word] type
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    English-Swahili dictionary > type

  • 82 understand

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    [English Word] be understood
    [Swahili Word] -fahamika
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] -fahamu v
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    [English Word] make someone understand
    [Swahili Word] -sikiza
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] causative
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    [English Word] understand
    [Swahili Word] maizi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Swahili Example] understand
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    [English Word] understand
    [Swahili Word] -atikali
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] (rare)
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    [English Word] understand
    [Swahili Word] -elekea
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] understand
    [Swahili Word] -elewa
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] -elea
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    [English Word] understand
    [Swahili Word] -fafanua
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] understand
    [Swahili Word] -fahamu
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] If she <b>understand</b>s the question, she will answer it.
    [Swahili Example] Aki<b>fahamu</b> swali, atalijibu.
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    [English Word] understand
    [Swahili Word] -jua
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] juvi, kijuvi, mjuvi, mjuzi, ujuvi, ujuzi
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    [English Word] understand
    [Swahili Word] -komanya
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Note] rare
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    [English Word] understand
    [Swahili Word] -maizi
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [English Example] he couldn't understand what it was in particular that was being headed toward
    [Swahili Example] hakuweza kumaizi nini hasa lililokuwa likielekewa [Muk]
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    [English Word] understand
    [Swahili Word] -nabihi
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] understand
    [Swahili Word] -sikia
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] I understand well
    [Swahili Example] Nasikia vema
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    [English Word] understand
    [Swahili Word] -tambua
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] understand
    [Swahili Word] -tanabahi
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] Arabic
    [English Example] as (s)he thought well, (s)he understood that it was not to be ran away from
    [Swahili Example] alipofikiri vyema, alitanabahi kuwa hakikuwapo cha kutorokwa [Sul]
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    [English Word] understand (each other)
    [Swahili Word] -elewana
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [English Example] the state of misunderstanding that had developed between the two parliaments of Kyrgyzstan began to improve four days after the opposition took over the government
    [Swahili Example] hali ya kutoelewana iliyojitokeza kati ya mabunge mawili nchini Kyrgyzstan... imeanza kupungua siku nne baada ya upinzani kuchukua madaraka [ http://www.bbc.co.uk/swahili/news/story/2004/06/000000_dirayadunia.shtml BBC]
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    [English Word] understand each other
    [Swahili Word] -fahamiana
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] -fahamu v
    [Swahili Definition] mtu kumfahamu mtu mwingine [Masomo 232]
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    [English Word] understand each other
    [Swahili Word] -sikilizana
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] understand each other's languages
    [Swahili Word] -sikizana
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] assoc-caus
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    [English Word] understand mutually
    [English Plural] This lack of mutual understanding blocked our efforts to fight for justice [Kenyatta, Masomo 115]
    [Swahili Word] -fahamikiana
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] -fahamu v
    [Swahili Definition] kukosa kufahamika [Kenyatta, Masomo 115]
    [Swahili Example] Kutofahamikiana huku kulizuilia jitahadi zetu za kupigania haki [Kenyatta, Masomo 115]
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    English-Swahili dictionary > understand

  • 83 value

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    [English Word] be of value
    [Swahili Word] -wa na faida
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] face value( of money etc)
    [Swahili Word] saari
    [Swahili Plural] saari
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] something of little value
    [Swahili Word] kululu
    [Part of Speech] adverb
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    [English Word] value
    [English Plural] values
    [Swahili Word] bao
    [Swahili Plural] mabao
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Swahili Example] huna bao tena [Ma]
    [Note] slang
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    [English Word] value
    [English Plural] values
    [Swahili Word] bei
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] value
    [English Plural] values
    [Swahili Word] karama
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] kirimu, karimu
    [Swahili Example] maneno yake yana karama
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    [English Word] value
    [English Plural] values
    [Swahili Word] kiasi
    [Swahili Plural] viasi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Arabic
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    [English Word] value
    [English Plural] values
    [Swahili Word] kima
    [Swahili Plural] vima
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Related Words] kimo
    [English Example] its value is what amount?
    [Swahili Example] kima chake kadiri gani?
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    [English Word] value
    [English Plural] values
    [Swahili Word] saari
    [Swahili Plural] saari
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Note] rare
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    [English Word] value
    [English Plural] values
    [Swahili Word] takaramu
    [Swahili Plural] takaramu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] value
    [English Plural] values
    [Swahili Word] takarimu
    [Swahili Plural] takaramu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] value
    [English Plural] values
    [Swahili Word] thamani
    [Swahili Plural] thamani
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Word] Arabic
    [Swahili Example] yeye bado ni tunu yenye thamani sana machoni mwa wanaume [Mt]
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    [English Word] value
    [English Plural] values
    [Swahili Word] upataji
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] value
    [English Plural] values
    [Swahili Word] utunu
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] value
    [Swahili Word] -kadiria
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Class] applicative
    [Derived Word] kadirifu, makadirio, ukadirifu
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    [English Word] value
    [Swahili Word] -thamini
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] Arabic
    [Swahili Example] wako wanaokujali na kukuthamini [Moh]
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    [English Word] valued thing
    [English Plural] valued things
    [Swahili Word] azizi
    [Swahili Plural] azizi
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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  • 84 want

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    [English Word] not exactly what one wanted
    [Swahili Word] tafauti
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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    [English Word] the way I want
    [Swahili Word] hiari yangu
    [Part of Speech] adverb
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    [English Word] want
    [Swahili Word] haja
    [Swahili Plural] haja
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Word] Arabic
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    [English Word] want
    [Swahili Word] mahitaji
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] haja
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    [English Word] want
    [Swahili Word] taabu
    [Swahili Plural] taabu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] want
    [English Plural] wants
    [Swahili Word] toa
    [Swahili Plural] toa
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
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    [English Word] want
    [Swahili Word] uchache
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] want
    [Swahili Word] uchechefu
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] want
    [Swahili Word] udhiki
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] want
    [Swahili Word] uhitaji
    [Swahili Plural] hitaji, mahitaji
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] want
    [Swahili Word] ukiwa
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] want
    [Swahili Word] ukosa
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] want
    [Swahili Word] ukosefu
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] want
    [Swahili Word] ukosekanaji
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] want
    [Swahili Word] ukosekano
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] want
    [Swahili Word] utovu
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] want
    [English Plural] wants
    [Swahili Word] dhiki
    [Swahili Plural] dhiki
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Related Words] udhiki
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    [English Word] want
    [Swahili Word] -arithi
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] (rare)
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    [English Word] want
    [Swahili Word] -dhiki
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Language] Arabic
    [Related Words] udhiki
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    [English Word] want
    [Swahili Word] -hitaji
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Derived Word] haja, mhitaji, uhitaji
    [Swahili Example] yahitaji
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    [English Word] want
    [Swahili Word] -penda
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] want
    [Swahili Word] -taka
    [Part of Speech] verb
    [Related Words] mataka, mtaka, mtashi, utashi
    [English Example] they asked themselves why she did not want to leave her husband; I want to drink tea.
    [Swahili Example] walijiuliza kwa nini hakutaka kumwacha
    bwana wake [Kez]; Ninataka kunywa chai.
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    [English Word] want
    [Swahili Word] -takia
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] want
    [Swahili Word] -towesha
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] want of feeling
    [Swahili Word] sugu
    [Swahili Plural] sugu
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [Derived Word] sugua V
    [English Example] a coarse, unfeeling person
    [Swahili Example] mtu sugu
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    [English Word] want something
    [Swahili Word] -londea
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] want something
    [Swahili Word] -rondea
    [Part of Speech] verb
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    [English Word] want something very much
    [Swahili Word] -fa udusi
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    English-Swahili dictionary > want

  • 85 washing

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    [English Word] place for washing
    [Swahili Word] chosho
    [Swahili Plural] machosho
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] place for washing
    [Swahili Word] josho
    [Swahili Plural] majosho
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] osha
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    [English Word] washing
    [Swahili Word] ufuaji
    [Part of Speech] noun
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    [English Word] washing (act of or place for)
    [Swahili Word] kiosho
    [Swahili Plural] viosho
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -osha
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    [English Word] washing (act of)
    [Swahili Word] mwosho
    [Swahili Plural] waosho
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Derived Word] osha V
    [Swahili Example] mwoshaji maiti
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    [English Word] washing (clothes)
    [Swahili Word] uoshaji
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Note] rare
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    [English Word] washing of clothes (hasty or gentle)
    [Swahili Word] mchanyato
    [Swahili Plural] michanyato
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 3/4
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -chanyata
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    [English Word] washing place
    [Swahili Word] josho
    [Swahili Plural] majosho
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 5/6
    [Derived Word] oga V
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    [English Word] washing utensil
    [English Plural] washing utensils
    [Swahili Word] kiosho
    [Swahili Plural] viosho
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -osha
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    [English Word] washing-place
    [Swahili Word] pakogea
    [Swahili Plural] pakogea
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [English Example] washing-place.
    [Swahili Example] mahali pa kuogea
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    [English Word] washing-place
    [Swahili Word] pakuogea
    [Swahili Plural] pakuogea
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 9/10
    [English Example] washing-place.
    [Swahili Example] mahali pa kuogea
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    [English Word] what is needed for washing
    [English Plural] things needed for washing
    [Swahili Word] kiosho
    [Swahili Plural] viosho
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 7/8
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] -osha
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  • 86 when

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    [English Word] as when
    [Swahili Word] huko
    [Part of Speech] conjunction
    [Swahili Example] huko nyuma
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    [English Word] when
    [Swahili Word] iwapo
    [Part of Speech] conjunction
    [Swahili Example] na iwapo sitapata tatizo lolote katika muda huo... [Muk]
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    [English Word] when
    [Swahili Word] maadam
    [Part of Speech] conjunction
    [Derived Word] Arabic
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    [English Word] when
    [Swahili Word] maadam
    [Part of Speech] conjunction
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    [English Word] when
    [Swahili Word] maadamu
    [Part of Speech] conjunction
    [Derived Word] Arabic
    [Swahili Example] atakuwa radhi maadamu keshamfinyanga mwanawe [Moh]
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    [English Word] when
    [Swahili Word] madhali
    [Part of Speech] conjunction
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    [English Word] when
    [Swahili Word] pindi
    [Part of Speech] conjunction
    [English Example] and what could that salary have helped him with when those with bigger salaries are sleeping hungry
    [Swahili Example] na huo mshahara ungemsaidia nini pindi wenye mishahara mikubwa zaidi wanalala njaa? [Mt]
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    [English Word] when
    [Swahili Word] ambapo
    [Part of Speech] pronoun
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] amba, po
    [English Example] now when many countries have been in this condition
    [Swahili Example] sasa ambapo nchi nyingi zimekuwa na hali hiyo < http://www.sengerema.or.tz/elimu2.htm Sengerema)
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    [English Word] when
    [Swahili Word] ki
    [Part of Speech] verb tense
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    [English Word] when
    [Swahili Word] -po
    [Part of Speech] verb relative
    [Related Words] ambapo
    [English Example] when we visited
    [Swahili Example] wakati tulipotembelea
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    [English Word] when (+ infinitive)
    [Swahili Word] wakati wa
    [Swahili Plural] nyakati za
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [Class] 11/10
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    [English Word] when it is
    [Swahili Word] panapo
    [Part of Speech] adjective
    [English Example] when it is three o'clock.
    [Swahili Example] panapo saa tisa
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    [English Word] when not
    [Swahili Word] sipo
    [Part of Speech] verb tense
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    [English Word] when?
    [Swahili Word] lini?
    [Part of Speech] pronoun
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  • 87 where

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    [English Word] where
    [Swahili Word] ambapo
    [Part of Speech] pronoun
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] amba, po
    [English Example] there are countries here in Africa where even citizens of those countries put their trust, and their resources, outside of those countries
    [Swahili Example] zipo nchi hapa barani Afrika ambapo hata raia wa nchi hizo wanaweka amana zao, na rasilimali zao, nje ya nchi hizo (http://www.tanzania.go.tz/hotuba/hotuba/050131_wananchi.htm Mkapa 30/1/2005)
    [Note] class 16
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    [English Word] where
    [Swahili Word] ambako
    [Part of Speech] pronoun
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] amba, ko
    [English Example] we went toward the sports where we met a crowd of people waiting
    [Swahili Example] tulikwenda hadi uwanja wa michezo ambako tulikuta umati wa watu ukisubiri (http://www.ccmtz.org/magazeti/yaliokikwete2510.htm CCM)
    [Note] class 17
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    [English Word] where
    [Swahili Word] -po
    [Part of Speech] verb relative
    [Related Words] ambapo
    [English Example] the airport where we arrived
    [Swahili Example] uwanja wa ndege tulipofika
    [Note] class 16
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    [English Word] where
    [Swahili Word] -ko
    [Part of Speech] verb relative
    [Related Words] ambako
    [English Example] the country where he came from
    [Swahili Example] nchi alikotokea
    [Note] class 17
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    [English Word] where (inside)
    [Swahili Word] ambamo
    [Part of Speech] pronoun
    [Derived Language] Swahili
    [Derived Word] amba, ko
    [English Example] in the pocket where he put his money
    [Swahili Example] mfukoni ambamo aliweka hela yake
    [Note] class 18
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    [English Word] where ?
    [Swahili Word] upi?
    [Part of Speech] pronoun
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    [English Word] where there are
    [Swahili Word] panapo
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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    [English Word] where there is
    [Swahili Word] panapo
    [Part of Speech] adjective
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    [English Word] where there is (use with a following obj)
    [Swahili Word] penye
    [Part of Speech] adjective
    [English Example] Where there is will, there is a way
    [Swahili Example] penye nia kuna njia
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    [English Word] where there is...
    [Swahili Word] palipo
    [Part of Speech] noun
    [English Example] highland.
    [Swahili Example] palipoinuka
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    [English Word] where?
    [Swahili Word] -pi?
    [Part of Speech] interrogative
    [English Definition] to what place?
    [English Example] where are you going?
    [Swahili Example] unakwendapi?
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    [English Word] where?
    [Swahili Word] wapi
    [Part of Speech] interrogative
    [English Example] where is the book?
    [Swahili Example] kitabu kiko wapi?
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    English-Swahili dictionary > where

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  • what — [ wat, hwat ] function word *** What can be used in the following ways: as a question pronoun (introducing a direct or indirect question): What do you want? Tell me what happened. as a relative pronoun (starting a relative clause that is subject …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • what — 1. general. As a relative pronoun, what is an especially complex word because it can be either singular or plural and can refer both to words that have gone before and to words that come later in the sentence. In general it stands for a group of… …   Modern English usage

  • what — [hwut, hwät, wut, wät] pron. [ME hwat < OE hwæt, neut. of hwa, who < IE interrogative base * kwo , * kwe > WHERE, WHO, L qui, who what, Lith kàs, what, who] I as an interrogative: which thing, event, circumstance, etc.?: used to ask for… …   English World dictionary

  • What If? 2 — subtitled Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been , is a collection of twenty five essays dealing with counterfactual history. It was published by G.P. Putnam s Sons in 2001, ISBN 0 399 14795 0, and edited by Robert Cowley. It is the suc …   Wikipedia

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