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Learn Hardcore Swahili: kuzima - to turn off

Hardcore Swahili
/Lesson 8
/kuzima

kuzima

Word

kuzima

Meaning

to turn off

Part of speech

verb

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Swahili

Lesson

Usages of kuzima

Baba amekataa kuzima taa sebuleni, kwa sababu anaendelea kusoma.

Father has refused to turn off the light in the living room because he is still reading.

Tusizime muziki huo bado, kwa sababu ni mapema kuondoka.

Let us not turn off that music yet, because it is still early to leave.

Dakika moja kabla ya kuondoka, kumbuka kuzima taa.

One minute before leaving, remember to turn off the lights.

Kesho, ukimaliza kazi mapema, zima taa zote ofisini kabla ya kuondoka.

Tomorrow, if you finish work early, switch off all the lamps in the office before leaving.

Tafadhali zima balbu kabla ya kulala.

Please turn off the bulb before sleeping.

Tukimaliza kazi, tutazima taa zote, tutafunga mlango, tutaondoka kwa utaratibu.

When we finish the work, we will switch off all the lights, lock the door, and leave in an orderly way.

Usiku ninapokuwa na usingizi, ninasoma kurasa chache tu, halafu nazima taa.

At night when I am sleepy, I read just a few pages, then I switch off the light.

Kabla hujaondoka nyumbani, hakikisha friji limefungwa vizuri na taa zimezimwa.

Before you leave home, make sure the fridge is properly closed and the lights are turned off.

Ukiona moshi jikoni, zima jiko mara moja.

If you see smoke in the kitchen, turn off the stove immediately.

Tafadhali zima swichi hii, kwa sababu fyuzi imeungua tena.

Please turn off this switch, because the fuse has burned out again.

Kama swichi ingekuwa imezimwa mapema, fyuzi isingekuwa imeungua.

If the switch had been turned off early, the fuse would not have burned out.

Tafadhali zima meko kabla ya kuondoka.

Please turn off the stove before leaving.

Cheche zikionekana tena, zima swichi mara moja.

If sparks appear again, turn off the switch immediately.

Mlio wa feni ukibadilika ghafla baada ya stima kurudi, zima kifaa hicho na usiguse kioevu kilicho karibu nacho.

If the sound of the fan changes suddenly after the electricity comes back, turn off that device and do not touch the liquid that is near it.

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