si-

not

Usages of si-

• Jua linawaka sana mchana, lakini sipendi kutumia mwavuli sasa.: The sun is shining a lot in the afternoon, but I do not like to use an umbrella right now.
• Si kwamba sipendi biskuti, bali chokoleti hunifanya niwe na kiu sana.: It’s not that I do not like biscuits, but chocolate makes me very thirsty.
• Sijui rimoti ilipo.: I do not know where the remote is.
• Kama ungejua kutumia gia vizuri, usingekanyaga kanyagio cha mafuta kwa nguvu hivyo.: If you knew how to use the gears properly, you would not press the accelerator pedal so hard.
• Laiti ningekuwa nimeweka klipu kwenye karatasi hizo, zisingekuwa zimetawanyika sakafuni.: If only I had put a clip on those papers, they would not have been scattered on the floor.
• Kama baba asingekuwa amebadilisha gia mapema, gari lisingekuwa limepanda mlima vizuri.: If father had not changed gear early, the car would not have climbed the hill well.
• Kama ungekuwa umenisindikiza jana, nisingekuwa nimechelewa kufika kliniki.: If you had accompanied me yesterday, I would not have arrived late at the clinic.
• Kama usingesahau kununua jibini, tungeweza kuandaa sandwichi nyingine jioni.: If you had not forgotten to buy cheese, we would have been able to prepare another sandwich in the evening.
• Sipendi kugombana na dada yangu.: I do not like to quarrel with my sister.
• Daktari alisema kitovu kisiguswe kwa mikono michafu.: The doctor said the navel should not be touched with dirty hands.

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