KISWAHILI FOR BEGINNERS: MANENO MUHIMU

Bei gani?                         What is the price?

Machungwa haya ni.       These oranges

Thumni Kila,                    are fifty cents each

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Moja na Yale pale ni       and those there are

Senti thelathini                thirty cents each

Nipe matano ya thumni, Give me five for fifty cents each.

Ndizi,je bei gani?             What is the price of the bananas?

Ndizi ni nne shilingi,.        Bananas are four for a shiling.

Mbona ghali hivi?              Why are they so dear?

Ndiyo bei yake siku hizi,.  This is the price nowdays .

Tafadhari nipe.                   Pleàse give me

Nyanya mbili,.                      Two tomatoes

Ni bei gani jumla?              What is the total price?

Nipe shiling kumi,.             Give me ten shilings

Tatu,bado unanunua?        Tatu,are you still buying?

Nimemaliza ,twende,.         I am ready ,let’s go.

Vitu vimepanda bei!           Things have become so expensive!

Ndugu yangu,sijui,.             Oh dear,I don’t know what we should do know

Tutafanya nini Sasa?            Should do now?

Sisi watu wadogo tuna.        We people of law income are in

Taabu,kweli,.                         Trouble,indeed?

Basi lile linakuja,.                   There comes the bus.

Kwa heri,dada.                       Bye bye,dear sister

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