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he beats the man, anampiga mfii. We shall shoot the Lion, 

 Tnfampiga simba. If the verb begins with a vowel, a -w- is 

 inserted between the objective -;;/- and the verb, for the sake of 

 euphony; thus, for instance, instead of saying alimona, he saw 

 him, the Swahili says alimivona, etc. 



3. Two of the most common irregular verbs are ku-ja, to 

 come, and ku-zucnda, to go, abbreviated to kzvcnda. These verbs 

 are always used with the infinitive mark, like all monosyllable 

 verbs. Hence, he comes, anakuja; they go, zvanakwenda ; we will 

 come, tutakuja, etc. The imperative of these verbs is also irreg- 

 ular; for instance: Come! Njoo! Come! (plural) Njooni! Go! 

 Nenda! Go! (plural) Nendeni! 



4. One of the most useful of the many compound forms 

 of the verb is the form for " if." For all persons and tenses this 

 form is the same; it is -ngali-, inserted immediately behind the 

 personal prefixes. It denotes that if a person does something, 

 another thing is bound to follow ; for instance, NingaUzvapiga 

 (ni-ngali-wa-piga) zvangalikiuibia (wa-ngali-kim-bia) may 

 mean : If I beat them, if I had beaten, would beat, or shall beat 

 them, they will, would have, or might run away. 



5. If can also be expressed by kania, which generally starts 

 the sentence; If you buy food, give (it) to me, Kama unanunua 

 posho, nipe (an irregular form for nikiipa). 



Vocabulary 



mbwa, dog. ku-safiri, to travel, march. 



kiboko, bibako, hippo. ku-andika, to zvritc, engage. 



posho, porter's food. ku-pa, to give, present. 



-refu, long. sana, much, very much. 



labda, perhaps. huyu, this. 



campi, camp. hawa, these. 



mto, river. mti, miti, tree. 



killa, all, every. rningi, many. 



upesi, fast, quick. gani ? zvhat kind? 



ku-sikia, to hear, listen. mimi, /, / myself. 



ku-ambia, to tell, narrate. ingine, another. 



ku-weza, to be able to. yule, that. 



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