APPENDIX 



Translate into Sivahili: 



B. I. The man saw a lion near the house. 2. Butler, bring the 

 food; I want tea, bread, butter and milk right away! 3. Yes, Sir, 

 the food is ready in the house. 4. All right! 5. Where is the cara- 

 van now ? 6. Near by, Sir, near by ! y. I sec an elephant in the 

 water. 8. No, Sir, it is not an elephant. 9. Where are the gun, the 

 k'nife and the tcnl ? 10. Here. Sir! 11. The food is not good, 

 bring a plate and a knife! 12. I want to shoot the lion right away! 

 13. Where is the lion now? 14. Near by in the grass by the water. 

 15. The child saw the women in the house. 16. Sir, the food is 

 now ready; coffee, sugar and milk with bread. 17. I want very 

 much water, milk and a knife. 18. Have you seen the women here? 

 19. No, Sir, the women are not here ; they are in the tent. 20. Do 

 you want the food right away? Yes, bring (it) here now. 21. 

 The elephant and the lion are dangerous animals. 22. Butler, put 

 up the tent here and bring the water! 23. I see an animal in the 

 grass, bring at once the gun and the knife! 24. Yes, Sir, they are 

 here! 25. All right, butler, now I want the caravan. 



Lesson II 



1. The plurals of substantives are formed by different pre- 

 fixes before the root of the word, but as there are not less than 

 eight different classes, each requiring its particular prefix, and 

 as ft is very difficult to know to which of these classes the dif- 

 ferent words belong, the following lists will always give the 

 plural of each substantive, except where the plural is the same 

 as the singular, as is done also in the vocabulary. 



2. The adjectives and prefixes before the verbs as well as 

 those before the different pronouns, will all be treated as belong- 

 ing to the first class, as before mentioned. 



3. The adjectives are given here in their simplest fonn ; for 

 singular, prefix rn-, for plural, wa- (the proper prefixes for the 

 first class) ; for instance, Mtu mrefu, a tall man; watu warefu, 

 tall men. 



4. The possessive case is expressed by the particle wa for 



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