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KISWAHILI FOR BEGINNERS: RELATIVES 3.

We will continue with our topic Relatives In the future tense, the relative particle kapo is used,e.g Utakapo kuja……                         When…

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KISWAHILI FOR BEGINNERS: RELATIVES 2.

We will continue with our topic Relatives Tunda lililoiva,The fruit which is ripe Matunda yaliyoiva, The fruits which are ripe.…

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KISWAHILI FOR BEGINNERS:RELATIVES

We have already discussed interrogative :nani?”who”?nini?”what”-a nani””whose?”-ipi?”which “?etc. Let us look at the relatives , Consider these sentences: a. The…

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KISWAHILI FOR BEGINNERS: The Impersonal and the reciprocal forms of verbs

We proceed with our topic  The Impersonal and the reciprocal forms of verbs Fuata,follow                   fuatana,follow one another amkia,greet                     amkiana greet…

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KISWAHILI FOR BEGINNERS: The Impersonal and the reciprocal forms of verbs

We proceed with our topic The Impersonal and the reciprocal forms of verbs Useful Expressions Kuna nini?       …

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KISWAHILI FOR BEGINNERS: SWAHILI AUXILIARY VERBS 2

We will proceed with our topic Swahili Auxiliary verbs Kushika, to hold.                 …

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KISWAHILI FOR BEGINNERS: SWAHILI AUXILIARY VERBS

In Swahili two verbs are used as auxiliary verbs, namely, kuwa”, “to be”and kuisha, “to be completed”, This last verb…

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KISWAHILI FOR BEGINNERS: The passive voice-continues

We continue with our topic THE PASSIVE VOICE The passive voice in the negative offers no special difficulty. It follows…

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KISWAHILI FOR BEGINNERS.  THE PASSIVE VOICE

Consider the following sentences: a. Tatu loves her children b. Tatu is loved by her children In both sentences Tatu…

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KISWAHILI FOR BEGINNERS. THE CONDITIONAL TENSES

Swahili has four distinct tenses which express condition. They are formed with: a. -ki-“if” to denote a simple condition. The…

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