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| Only got five minutes? |
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| Introduction |
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| Pronunciation |
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Saying where you come from |
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Identifying yourself and others |
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2 Kwenda posta Going to the post office |
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Asking and understanding simple directions |
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Asking where something is located |
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Buying stamps at the post office |
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Enquiring about a hotel room |
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Expressing likes and dislikes |
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Identifying some dishes in a restaurant |
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Asking the price of market produce |
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Simple bargaining to reduce the price |
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Talking about doing things for other people |
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5 Kwenye duka la sanaa At the craft shop |
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Making introductions and responding to an introduction |
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Saying what people are wearing |
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6 Matembezi jioni An evening walk |
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Making polite requests and suggesting future action |
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Saying whether something has or has not yet occurred |
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Days of the week and dates |
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7 Kupika kwa Mama mzee Cooking at Grandmother's |
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Asking what someone is doing |
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Telling people politely not to do things |
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8 Kusafiri ni kuzuril Travelling is good! |
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140 | (17) |
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Agreeing with a suggested course of action |
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Explaining where towns are located |
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9 Safari ya basi A bus journey |
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Telling someone not to worry |
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Talking about where your luggage is stowed on a road journey |
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Asking for a particular cassette or video tape |
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Wishing someone a safe arrival |
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10 Chumba kizuril A good room! |
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Furniture and other domestic items |
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Saying where things are in a room |
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Talking about being invited to take part in or watch an event |
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Talking about actions being done by people |
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12 Hairuhusiwi kuegeshal Mo parking! |
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Saying you are in difficulty |
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Talking about starting and stopping a vehicle |
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Saying a vehicle has broken down |
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Expressing what would happen if you took a certain course of action |
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13 Kujifunza lugha Learning a language |
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Talking about learning a language |
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Asking people to speak more slowly or to repeat |
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Saying what would have happened if you had taken a certain course of action |
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14 Siku ya taabu A day of troubles |
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Talking about injuring, or feeling pain in, different parts of the body |
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Giving an account of a sequence of related events |
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Saying something had already occurred, was happening or used to happen |
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15 Katika mbuga ya wanyama In the game park |
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Asking for someone's name and address and supplying this information about yourself |
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On the mountain: what's the matter? Asking what is the matter, what's wrong |
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More expressions describing symptoms and pain |
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Causing something to happen |
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Warning against doing something |
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17 Mchezaji soka na wachezaji ngoma |
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A soccer player and some dancers Kinship terms |
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Referring to natural events |
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Talking about different types of things and actions |
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18 Barua zimewasilil Some letters have arrived! |
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Wishing someone a Happy Christmas, New Year, Idi |
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| Key to the exercises |
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| Appendix |
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| Swahili-English vocabulary |
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| English-Swahili vocabulary |
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| Useful phrases for visitors |
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375 | (12) |
| Glossary of grammatical terms |
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387 | (10) |
| Taking it further |
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397 | (2) |
| Test your Swahili |
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399 | (4) |
| Grammar index |
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