Question	Answer
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.

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