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Learn Hardcore Swahili: methali - the proverb

Hardcore Swahili
/Lesson 80
/methali

methali

Word

methali

Meaning

the proverb

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Swahili

Lesson

Usages of methali

Bibi hupenda kutuambia methali jioni.

Grandmother likes to tell us proverbs in the evening.

Babu alitaja methali moja huku watoto wakitafuta fasili yake kwenye kamusi.

Grandfather mentioned one proverb while the children looked for its definition in the dictionary.

Bibi hupenda kutuambia methali jioni, lakini leo tulijifunza nahau mpya darasani.

Grandmother likes to tell us proverbs in the evening, but today we learned a new idiom in class.

Bibi alisema ati methali moja inaweza kufundisha mtoto busara kuliko hotuba ndefu.

Grandmother said that one proverb can teach a child wisdom better than a long speech.

Bibi alipenda kutuambia methali, lakini leo mwalimu alitufundisha nahau mpya.

Grandmother liked to tell us proverbs, but today the teacher taught us a new idiom.

Mwanafunzi ambaye daftari lake limejaa dondoo za methali hujibu maswali kwa ujasiri.

The student whose notebook is full of notes on proverbs answers questions confidently.

Kila nahau ina fasili yake, lakini si kila methali ina maana ya moja kwa moja.

Every idiom has its definition, but not every proverb has a direct meaning.

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