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room generally get up to greet him; if he wants to prevent this 

 — which he should do according to " etiquette " — he says : 

 " Starclic, starehe!" Don't trouble yourselves! or Sit down, 

 don't move! 



9. Good-bye is Kwa heri! and have a good night, or sleep 

 well, lala nzuri! 



10. Some adjectives are taken from the Arabic and are al- 

 ways indeclinable; the most important of these are: 



amini, faithful. 

 halali, lazvful. 

 haramu, forbidden. 

 rahisi, cheap, easy. 

 salama, safe, harmless. 

 sahihi, correct, faultless. 



ghali, expensive. 

 hodari, clever, able. 

 lazimo, compulsory. 

 rathi, content. 

 safi, clean, pure. 

 sunne, advisable. 



II. The Swahili verbs may be made reciprocal simply by 

 changing the final -a into -ana; of, for instance, piga, is formed 

 pigana, shoot — or beat each other; of ku-penda, love, ku-pen- 

 dana, love each other, etc. Wapagazi wasayidiana kwa mizigo. 

 Porters, help each other with the loads ! 



ku-kubali, to accept. 

 ku-patana, to agree. 

 ku-sadiki, to believe. 

 ku-vunja, to break. 

 ku-angalia, to take care of. 

 ku-danganya, to cheat. 

 ku-panda, to climb up. 

 ku-shinda, to conquer, beat. 

 ku-pindua, to overturn. 

 ku-kataa, to refuse. 

 ku-ngoja, to wait. 

 ku-onana, to meet. 

 ku-chinja, to kill for food. 

 ku-sahau, to forget. 

 ku-isha, to finish. 



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ku 

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 ku 

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 ku 

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-shtaki, to accuse. 

 -sumbua, to annoy. 

 -chemka, to boil. 

 -teketeza, to burn. 

 -kamata, to take hold of. 

 -chagua, to choose. 

 -karibia, to come near. 

 -fikiri, to consider. 

 -omba, to pray. 

 -kaa, to remain. 

 ■tafuta, to search for. 

 -tangulia, to go before. 

 ■ruka, to ily. 

 -samehe, to forgive. 

 -tumaa, to hope. 



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