THE KI-SWAHILI LANGUAGE 



mbali ya campini, karibu sana, Bwana. 8. Fanyeni kazi wao polepole 

 sasa! 9. Njooni upesi na sayideni mnyampara ndani ya hema yake 

 sasa hivi ! 10. Tasama maji chini ya ngozi wa simba, ni mbaya 

 kabisa. 11. Wapagazi hawa ni wavivu sana, hawanataka kufanya 

 kazi wao nzuri. 12. Unataka kupiga nyama wakubwa ? Ndio, kweli, 

 nataka sana. 13. Tutakwenda sasa wapi? 14. Tutafika miti wakub- 

 wa chini ya milima huko leo? 15. Ah, hapana, Bwana, njia mbali 

 kabisa; labda tutafika kesho. 16. Wapi ngozi wa nyama, Mabruki, 

 ni nje wa nyumba katika maji? 17. Mabruki hajui, mimi nitak- 

 wenda na tasama, Bwana! 18. Zamani wewe uHfanya kazi wako 

 nzuri lakini sasa mbaya, 19. Ao wewe ni mwivu sana ao si mzima, 

 sijui. 20. Wala mimi na bibi wangu, wala wapagazi tunajua njia 

 huko. 21. Njoo hapa, illi nitakusema tutafanya nini sasa. 22. 

 WaHmwambia marra nyingi kama yeye mbaya, lakini hataki 

 asikia. 2^. Mizigo ngapi wa posho una sasa campini ? Tatu tu, 

 Bwana. 24. Simama hapa hatta mimi nakuja. 25. Na tembo na 

 kifaru ni nyama wakubwa sana, na wakali kabisa. 



Translate into SzvaJiili: 



N. I. My headman is very much beloved by all the porters in 

 the caravan. 2. He is a very good man and I like him very much. 

 3. The gun bearer came and told me to-day that we have not many 

 cartridges in the camp. 4. And he said he would like to go and 

 buy cartridges in Nairobi. 5. And he went and came back and 

 gave me seventy-five. 6. Have you heard what this fellow has 

 done, when he came in the tent yesterday ? 7. No, what did he do ? 

 He is certainly not a bad man. 8. Truly, he is now not good and 

 he likes to fight often with the men. 9. We are not much beloved 

 by these people, but know we that we are good (to them). 10. For- 

 merly there were many lions and rhinos here, but the foreigners 

 have shot (at) them much, 11. They have all run away to the hills, 

 where it is bad to go. 12. H what you say is true, we shall go with 

 the caravan to-morrow. 13. Very well. Sir, I shall make all the 

 men ready to-day. 14. We have not much posho now in camp. 

 All the meat has been finished. 15. H we go out to shoot game to- 

 day, you will tell ten men to go with us. 16. I and my best men 

 shall go in front with the guns, and the caravan will go behind (us). 

 17. Very well, we shall do what you say. Sir! 18. In the camp 



