Amapendo

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Days of the week.

Numbers (amapendo)

chimo
one
fibili
two
fitatu
three
fine
four
fisano
five
mutanda
six
chine lubali
seven
chine konse konse
eight
pabula
nine
ikumi
ten

bigger numbers

amakumi yabili
twenty
amakumi yatatu
thirty
amakumi yane
fourty
amakumi yisano
fifty
amakumi mutanda
sixty
amakumi chine lubali
seventy
amakumi chine konse konse
eighty
amakumi pabula
ninety
amakumi yabili na fisano
twenty five
amakumi yisano na fisano
fifty five
umwanda umo
one hundred

for children / mwakwata abana banga

(and for cats)

abana
children
umo
one
babili
two
batatu
three
bane
four
basano
five

for dogs

imbwa
dog (shi)
imo
one
shibili
two
shitatu
three
shine
four
shisano
five

for cats

ba pushi
cats
mwakwata ba pushi banga?
How many cats do you have?
nakwata pushi umo
I have one cat.
nakwata ba pushi babili
I have two cats.
batatu
three
bane
four
basano
five

Shop scenario

Words & Phrases

amachungwa
fruit
umukate
bread
ifyumbu
sweet potatoes
amasaka
sacks
amasaka ya fyumbu
ndefwaya ukushita
I want to buy
amalasha
charcoal
umuchele
salt
ituka
shop
mwituka
in the shop
amatuka
shops

Conversation

ndefwaya ukushita amasaka ifyumbu mutanda
I want to buy six sacks of sweet potatoes
ninshi mulefwaya ukushita?
what do ou want to buy?
tumyafwilisheko?
Can I help you?
chapwa?
is that all?
emkwayi chapwa
yes, that is all.

How many do you have?

Mwakwata amatuka yanga?
how many shops do you have?
mwakwata abana banga?
how many children do you have?
mwakwata imbwa shinga?
how many dogs do you have?
mwakwata ba pushi banga?
how many cats do you have?

Created: 2023-07-03 Mon 17:07

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