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108 Cards in this Set
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soko / marikiti
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market
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karamu
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party
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duka
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a store
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Ufaransa
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France
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Uswidi
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Sweden
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kusafiri
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to travel
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bustani
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garden, park
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pwani
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beach, coast, shore
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mchezo
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a play, game
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mkahawa
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coffee house, restaurant
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barua
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letter
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kuchelewa
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to be late
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kuamka
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to wake up
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chakula cha asubushi /
kifungua kinywa (open mouth) |
breakfast
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alasiri
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afternoon, evening
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kwenye
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at, in from, on, with, at a location, (above, below, etc.)
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wote
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all
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hudhuria
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attend
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tengeneza
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fix, prepare
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sahani za santuri / rikodi
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gramophone records
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mbuga
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a park (national)
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jirani
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neighbor
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mchongaji
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sculptor
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kupiga msuwaki
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to clean one's teeth
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kusuka nywele
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to plait hair
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kusafisha
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to clean
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kufanya riyadha
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to exercise
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shoga
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a term used by a female to refer to a female friend;
on coast: gay person |
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kurudi
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to go back
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kusikiliza
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to listen
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kijiji
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village
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jamaa
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relative
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ndugu
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actual and classificatory sibling
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babu
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grandfather
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dada
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elder sister
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umbu
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sister, if said by a boy;
brother, if said by a girl. (ie subling of opposite sex) [not common] |
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mdudu
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insect
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jamii
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society
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Jana ilikuwa Jumapili kwa hivyo nilichelewa kuamka.
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Yesterday was Sunday so i woke uplate.
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Ulifanya nini kutwa?
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What did you do all day?
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Niliamka saa nne nikapiga msuwaki, nikaoga, nikatengeneza chakula cha asubuhi, nikala halafu nikasafisha nyumba. Sikusoma gazeti wala sikufanya riyadha.
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I woke up at 10 o'clock and brushed my teeth, i showered, i made food for breakfast, i ate then cleaned my house. i didn't read the newspaper or do exercise.
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Alasiri ulifanya nini?
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What did you do in the afternoon?
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Alasiri nilikwenda kumtembelea rafiki yangu (shoga yangu). Tukaenda pwani kuogelea.
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In the evening i went to visit to my friend (my girlfriend). We went to the beach to swim.
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Kulikuwa na watu wengi pwani?
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Where there many people a the pwani?
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Ndiyo, kulikuwa na watu wengi sana.
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Yes, there were many people.
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Baadaye mlifanya nini?
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After/Later what did you (plural) do?
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Tulirudi kubadilisha nguo na kutengeneza nywele, halafu usiku mimi nilikwenda kwenye karamu ya shule yangu.
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I return to change clothes and to do hair, then at night i went to a party at my school.
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Mlifanya nini karamuni?
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What did you do at the party?
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Tulisikiliza sahani za santuri (rikodi) tukacheza dansa. Tulionana na watu wengi, tukazungumza.
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We listened to records and danced. We met many people and conversed.
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Rafiki zako wote walihudhuria?
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All of your friends attended?
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Baadhi wlihudhuria lakini wengine hawakuhudhuria.
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Some attended but others did not attend.
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kutwa
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the whole day
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jana
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yesterday
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-ka-
[i.e. nikapiga msuwaki, nikaoga, nikatengeneza chakula cha asubuhi, nikala...] |
narrative tense
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Jana nilikwenda kazini.
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Yesterday i went to work.
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Jana nilikwenda sokoni.
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Yesterday i went to the market.
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Tulirudi kubadilisha nguo na kutengeneza nywele, halafu usiku mimi nilikwenda kwenye karamu ya shule yangu.
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I return to change clothes and to do hair, then at night i went to a party at my school.
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Mlifanya nini karamuni?
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What did you do at the party?
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Tulisikiliza sahani za santuri (rikodi) tukacheza dansa. Tulionana na watu wengi, tukazungumza.
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We listened to records and danced. We met many people and conversed.
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Rafiki zako wote walihudhuria?
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All of your friends attended?
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Baadhi wlihudhuria lakini wengine hawakuhudhuria.
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Some attended but others did not attend.
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kutwa
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the whole day
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jana
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yesterday
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-ka-
[i.e. nikapiga msuwaki, nikaoga, nikatengeneza chakula cha asubuhi, nikala...] |
narrative tense
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Jana nilikwenda kazini.
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Yesterday i went to work.
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Jana nilikwenda sokoni.
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Yesterday i went to the market.
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kuzuru
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to explore
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Mwaka jana nilisafiri Arabuni.
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Last year i traveled to the Middle East.
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Mwaka jana nilisafiri Ulaya.
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Last year i traveled to Europe.
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mchumba
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fiance.
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Nilikwenda kutembelea mchumba wangu (mchumbangu).
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I went to visit my fiance.
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kaka yangu /
kakangu |
my brother
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dada yangu /
dadangu |
my sister
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baba yangu /
babangu |
my father
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mama yangu /
mamangu |
my mother
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nyanya yangu /
nyanyangu |
my grandmother?
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muhula
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semester / term
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Nilikwenda
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I went
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Sikwenda
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I didn't go
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Nilijifunza
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I studied
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Sikujifunza
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I didn't study
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mwanamke na mtoto wake
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a woman and her child
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mwanamke na watoto wake
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a woman and her children
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Wanawake na watoto wake
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the women and their children
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mti na tunda lake
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a tree and its fruit
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mti na matunda yake
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a tree and its fruits
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miti na matunda yake
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trees and their fruits
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mzazi wangu
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my parent
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wazazi wangu
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my parents
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kijana wangu
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my young person
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vijana wangu
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my young people.
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rafiki yangu
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my friend
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rafiki zangu
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my friends
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rafiki mwema wangu OR
rafiki wema wangu |
my good friends
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marafiki wangu / marafiki zangu
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my friends
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mbwa wangu
mbwa zangu |
my dog
my dogs ["animate nouns that refer to other than human animals take w- in the singular and z- in the plural"] |
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mama yangu > mamangu
mama yako > mamako mama yake > mamake |
my mother
your mother his/her mother ["contraction occurs only with nouns ending in the vowel -a. it does not occur with ndugu yangu or bibi yangu, etc.; exception is mwenzi (companion):] |
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exception "mwenzi":
mwenzangu mwenzako / mwenzio mwenzake / mwenziwe |
companion:
my companion your companion his/her companion [contractions usually only occur with nouns ending in vowel -a. the only exception is mwenzi, which seldom appears in any form other than a contracted one... |
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exception "mwana":
mwanagu mwanao mwanawe |
child, son or offspring
my child your child his/her child |
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mtoto wa Ali
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child of Ali
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kilemba cha mwanamume
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headgear of a man
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kibanda cha babu
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grandfather's hut
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koti la mvua
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raincoat, coat of rain
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soko la matunda
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fruit market
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taa ya mafuta
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lamp of oil
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haki za binadamu
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human rights
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uhuru na umoja
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freedom and unity
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kula na kunywa
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eating and drinking
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