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Learn Hardcore Swahili: dengu - the lentil

Hardcore Swahili
/Lesson 73
/dengu

dengu

Word

dengu

Meaning

the lentil

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Swahili

Lesson

Usages of dengu

Kwenye menyu ya mkahawa huu, kuna chipsi, kachumbari, na supu ya dengu.

On the menu of this café, there are chips, kachumbari, and lentil soup.

Kaka yangu anapika kunde leo, lakini mimi ninapendelea dengu.

My brother is cooking beans today, but I prefer lentils.

Akiwa amepika dengu, mama huongeza chumvi kidogo na limau.

After cooking lentils, mother adds a little salt and lemon.

Ama tutapika dengu na mchicha nyumbani, ama tutanunua chipsi na kachumbari sokoni.

Either we will cook lentils and spinach at home, or we will buy fries and kachumbari at the market.

Baada ya kuangalia menyu, Rahma alisema angependelea dengu kuliko chipsi, ingawa watoto walitaka sandwichi.

After looking at the menu, Rahma said she would prefer lentils to fries, although the children wanted sandwiches.

Kwenye menyu ya mgahawa huu, kuna kachumbari, supu ya dengu, na pizza ya jibini.

On the menu of this restaurant, there is kachumbari, lentil soup, and cheese pizza.

Mchuzi wa dengu unaonekana mzito kana kwamba umeachwa juu ya jiko kwa muda mrefu.

The lentil sauce looks thick as if it has been left on the stove for a long time.

Kwa chakula cha kesho, tunaweza kupika dengu na kula sandwichi ndogo, au tunaweza kuandaa burger bila mayonesi.

For tomorrow’s meal, we can cook lentils and eat a small sandwich, or we can prepare a burger without mayonnaise.

Kwenye menyu ya mgahawa huu, kuna chipsi, kachumbari, na supu ya dengu.

On the menu of this restaurant, there are fries, kachumbari, and lentil soup.

Ama tutapika dengu na mihogo nyumbani, ama tutanunua chipsi na kuku sokoni.

Either we will cook lentils and cassava at home, or we will buy fries and chicken at the market.

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