| book | kitabu |
| this | hiki |
| this book | kitabu hiki |
| to narrate /tell a story | kusimulia |
| Peter narrates | Peter anasimulia |
| I narrate | Ninasimulia |
| the book narrates | kitabu kinasimulia |
| This book narrates | kitabu hiki kinasimulia |
| to pass | kupita |
| past tense infix | - li - |
| week | wiki |
| last week (the week which (yo) passed) | wiki iliyopita |
| night | usiku |
| last night (the night which (-o) passed,) | usiku uliopita |
| they passed | walipita |
| what happened to them | yaliyowapata wao |
| upon /about | juu ya |
| about whay happened to them /about their experiences | juu ya yaliyowapata wao |
| war | vita |
| time /when | wakati |
| during | wakati wa |
| during the war | wakati wa vita |
| to be released /to be discharged /to be given up | kutolewa |
| they were released / discharged | walitolewa |
| when they were discharged | wakati walitolewa |
| to find/ get/gain/acquire | kupata |
| I find / get | Ninapata |
| I don't find /I don't get | Sipati |
| they find /get | wanapata |
| they should not find /get | wasipate |
| trouble | shida |
| they should not find/get trouble | wasipate shida |
| in order to /so that | ili |
| so that they should not find/get trouble | ili wasipate shida |
| attack /assault | shambulio |
| bird /airplane | ndege |
| air raids /air strikes /plane crash | shambulio la ndege |
| so that they should not find/get trouble of air raids. | ili wasipate shida ya shambulio la ndege. |
| This book tells of their experiences during the war, when they were released from London so that they should not get the problem of air raids. | Kitabu hiki kinasimulia juu ya yaliyowapata wakati wa vita, wakati walitolewa London ili wasipate shida ya shambulio la ndege. |