| but | lakini |
| friend (n class / sg=pl / poss. prefix y/z /obj pref. i/zi ya/za) | rafiki |
| my friend | rafiki yangu |
| my friends | rafiki zangu |
| to call / name /refer to /request / summon /beckon | kuita |
| they call (habitual = one form for all persons) | huita |
| me (object infix) | - ni - |
| my friends call me | rafiki zangu huniita |
| you (object infix) | -ku- |
| my friends call you (sg) | rafiki zangu hukuita |
| him /her (object infix) | -m- |
| my friends call him | rafiki zangu humita |
| us (object infix) | -tu- |
| my friends call us | rafiki zangu hutuita |
| you (pl) = them (object infix) | -wa- |
| my friends call you (pl) / them | rafiki zangu huwaita |
| But my friends call me | Lakini rafiki zangu huniita |
| brieveness /shortness | ufupi |
| for / by | kwa |
| in short | kwa ufupi |
| But my friends call me in short Isa. | Lakini rafiki zangu huniita kwa ufupi Isa. |