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LESSON 16. MORE ABOUT PERSONAL PRONOUNS
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48 SWAHILI MADE EASY LESSON 16 MORE ABOUT PERSONAL PRONOUNS We have already seen two kinds of personal pronouns: a) those that stand by themselves a. mimi, I sisi, we wewe, you ninyi, you (pl.) yeye, he/she wao, they b. those that are prefixed to the verbs ni-, I tu-, we u-, you m-, you (pl.) a-, he/she wa-, they c. There is a third set of personal pronouns called “object prefixes” which denote the object governed by the verb.They are affixed immediately before the verb stem.They are: -ni-, me, to, for me -tu-, us, for, to us -ku-, you, to, for you -wa-, you, to you (pl.) them, to them, -m, him her Remember,when occuring before a vowel ,m“him,etc....”becomes mw. e.g. tulimwona, “we saw her”.we saw him”. The object prefix m for“you”plural is no longer used;wa has replaced it. You can tell from the context whether wa refers to “ you”, or to “them.”If, for example, you are talking to many people and you say to them: ninawaona, you certainly mean“ I see you “ (pl.). PART ONE 49 Sometimes ku and ni are used to denote the object prefix for “you”, plural , thus: ninakuoneni, “I see you” or also ninawaoneni, “I see you”. When ni suffixes the verb, the final a is changed into e, as is clear from the examples given above. EXERCISE 19 Insert the right object prefix from the brackets: 4. Nili ona jana (ni, ku). 5. Juzi nilikuwa hapa, nani ali ona (m, ni)? 6. Mwalimu amekuja shuleni, je, ume ona (ku, ni, mw)? 7. Wageni walikuwa hapa, tuli ona (ku, ni, wa, mw)? 8. Wagonjwa watakuja, mganga ata ona (ni, m, wa). 9. Je, baba ali ambia nini mama (ni , ku, mw)? 10. Je, ali ambia nini sisi (ku, m, tu wa)? 11. Je, dada atakuja lini? Ninataka ku ona (tu, wa, mw). 12. Ninataka ku ambia kitu wewe (m, ni , ku, wa). 13. Ninajua kila kitu, unataka ku ambia nini ( ku, m, ni)? Vocabulary kuuliza, to ask swali, ma- question kueleza, to explain jibu, ma- answer kutazama, to look at maelezo, explanation kupenda, to love, like majaribio, trial kuchukia, to hate chuki, hatred kujibu, to answer mapendo, love, liking kujaribu, to try tendo, ma- deed, action kuharibu, to destroy uchungu, bitterness [107.23.85.179] Project MUSE (2024-03-19 08:31 GMT) 50 SWAHILI MADE EASY EXERCISE 20 ON ASKING QUESTIONS Translate into English: Tatu alituuliza swali moja gumu sana, tukajaribu kumjibu. Sisi pia tulimwuliza swali moja gumu, na yeye akajaribu kutujibu. Tatu anapenda sana kuuliza watu maswali magumu. Kila siku anawauliza maswali mengi. Watu wengi wanapenda kuuliza wenzao maswali (wenzi wao: companions). Kuuliza ni njia nzuri ya kujifunza vitu vingi. Kuuliza si ujinga. ...