KISWAHILI FOR BEGINNERS: SIJALI AENDA POSTA

KISWAHILI FOR BEGINNERS

Msamiati

Posta;sanduku la posta (SLP)                                                 Post office;post office box(P.O.Box)

barua;kuandika barua,                                                            Letter;to write a letter

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barua ya ndege;kwa ndege ,                                                  airmail;by airmail

Kupata barua,                                                                          to get a letter

Kutuma barua ,                                                                        to send a letter

Kuandikiana barua,                                                                  to correspond /write each other

Kujibu barua ,                                                                            to answer a letter

stempu;kuweka stempu;                                                         stamp(s)to put a stamp

tarishi,ma-,.                                                                               Messenger(s)

Kuchukua ,kupeleka,                                                               to take,to send

ngamia ;farasi,.                                                                      Camel;horses(s)

treni,basi,kwa miguu,                                                            train,bus,on foot

Sijali alikwenda posta kupeleka barua kwa rafiki yake wambura .Sijali anaishi Tanzania na wambura anaishi Kenya.Sijali na Wambura huandikiana barua mara nyingi.Kila mwaka Sijali na Wambura hukutana mara Moja Arusha au Nairobi.Mwaka Jana wambura alikuja Arusha,mwaka huu Sijali  atakwenda Nairobi .Kabla ya kwenda ni lazima Sijali atangulize barua kumuelezea wambura siku na saa ya kufika.

Juzi Sijali aliipata barua kutoka Nairobi kwa wambura .Bila kukawia Sijali alijibu mara Moja,alisema;

“Mpenzi wambura ,salamu sana,Asante kwa barua Yako nzuri,nimefurahi kuisikia

Umefika salama .pole kwa safari ndefu.wewe unabahati unasafiri kwa ndege,Mimi

bado sijapanda ndege,Kila mara nasafiri kwa ndege au kwa treni,Nikipata fedha mwaka

Huu nitakuja Nairobi kwa ndege,nitakutaarifu mapema uje kunipokea uwanjani…”

Watu wengi huandikiana barua ,Barua zinachukuliwa kwa ndege,kwa treni,kwa basi na hata kwa miguu,zamani sana huko Uingerexa matarishi walikuwa wakipanda farasi kusambaza barua ,huko uarabuni wakipanda ngamia,na hapa kwetu walikwenda kwa miguu

We will continue next week