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| Here you go. Here they are. |
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| What time does the store open? |
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| Duka hufunguliwa saa ngapi? |
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| I would like some batteries. |
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| I'd like a map of the city. |
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Nataka ramani ya mji.
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| I'd like to see some postcards. |
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| I want to buy some clothes. |
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| Ninavaa saizi ndogo/saizi ya kati/saizi kubwa. |
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Why is it so expensive?
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| May I pay be credit card? |
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| Ninaweza kulipa kwa kadi ya malipo? (krediti kadi) |
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| May I pay by traveler's checks? |
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| Where does your father live? |
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| Where do you study Swahili? |
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| What did you buy at the store? |
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Who will come with you?
With whom will you come? |
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| How do you get a driver's license? |
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| Leseni ya gari unapata vipi? |
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| How do you start this computer? |
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| Unawasha vipi kompyuta hii? |
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| How do you get to Mombasa? |
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| Which? What kind/sort of? |
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Which book is this?
What kind of book is this? |
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| What kind of food do you like? |
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| Which clothes will you wear today? |
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| What kind of child did she have? |
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Kwa nini?
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| Why do you buy second hand clothes? |
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| Kwa nini unanunua mitumba? |
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| Why are you learning Swahili? |
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| Kwa nini unasoma Kiswahili? |
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| Why do you like going to Kenya? |
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| Kwa nini unapenda kuenda Kenya? |
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| Means "when" but only in the context of "which day." "What time" is "saa ngapi" or "wakati gani." |
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| When (which day) will your father come? |
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| Baba yako atakuja lini? Atakuja lini baba yako? |
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| When will you go to Tanzania? |
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| When did you start reading this book? |
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| Lini ulianza kusoma kitabu hiki? |
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| Unlike other question words, "-ngapi" takes a prefix to agree with noun class. When "-ngapi" means "how many, it will always have plural agreement. |
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| How many children does your mother have? |
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| Mama yako ana watoto wangapi? |
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| How many rooms does the house have? |
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| Nyumba ina vyumba vingapi? |
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| How many books do the students have? |
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| Wanafunzi wana vitabu vingapi? |
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| How many pants do you want? |
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| How many trains are there in Kenya (does Kenya have)? |
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| Kenya ina matreni mangapi? |
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| "How much" for asking amount of mass or non-count nouns like water, sugar, coffee, flour, etc. |
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| How much coffee do you drink? |
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| Unakunywa kahawa kiasi gani? |
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| How much water do you want? |
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| How much sugar do you want (or, "like") in your tea? |
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| Unapenda sukari kiasi gani katika chai yako? |
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| duka la nguo/maduka ya nguo |
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| duka la viatu/maduka ya viatu |
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| to explain, to give directions |
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| discussion, conversation (Ji-Ma, pl.) |
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| nguo ya mtumba/nguo za mitumba |
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suruali
suruali ya ndani/suruali za ndani |
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