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| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6542 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 17 of 54 20 August 2007 at 12:18am | IP Logged | ||
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My swahili is rusty, but maybe it was walikuja instead of walikuwa.
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| Crissy Groupie United States Joined 6305 days ago 48 posts - 48 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Swahili | Message 18 of 54 20 August 2007 at 5:01pm | IP Logged | ||
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Jumatatu Agosti 20, 2007
Today's Active Study Read silently “Mshindi wa BBC afaidi zaidi” from BBC Swahili (15 min.) FSI Lessons 6 & 7 (10 min.) FSI 8-1 Lesson (20 min.) Read and listened simultaneously to Matthew 1-4 (15 min.) Read silently and again aloud “Jamaica yakumbwa na kimbunga hatari” from BBC Swahili (10 min.) Pimsleur Unit 6 (30 min.) Mnemosyne (10 min.) Today's Passive Study Thru the Bible Swahili (30 min.) Jump TV - KBC Ch. 1 Kenya (Vitimbi) (60 min.) (Somehow I only turned on the “tv” twice and yet ended up catching this same show both times. The first time was intentional but the second was totally coincidence) Amefufuka Live! Radio (45 min.) Notes: Finally hit some stuff I didn't know yet in FSI 8-1. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Crissy Groupie United States Joined 6305 days ago 48 posts - 48 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Swahili | Message 19 of 54 20 August 2007 at 5:14pm | IP Logged | ||
Hmm, I guess it could have been a mis-print. If I've translated "walikuja" correctly (and that's a pretty big IF) it means something like "came." Is that right? So then the sentence: “Takriban abiria mia moja na sitini walikuja ndani ya ndege.” would say: “Almost passenger hundred one and sixty came in airplane.” Which would mean: Almost 160 passengers came in the airplane... or something like that. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6542 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 20 of 54 20 August 2007 at 11:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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| Darobat Diglot Senior Member Joined 7180 days ago 754 posts - 770 votes Speaks: English*, Russian Studies: Latin | Message 21 of 54 21 August 2007 at 11:43am | IP Logged | ||
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This thread makes me want to learn Swahili. Of course, the fact that I just bought a Swahili course doesn't help. Hehe.
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| Crissy Groupie United States Joined 6305 days ago 48 posts - 48 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Swahili | Message 22 of 54 21 August 2007 at 6:55pm | IP Logged | ||
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Jumanne Agosti 21, 2007
Today's Active Study Mnemosyne (practice and adding new material) (30 min.) Pimsleur Unit 6 (30 min.) Read silently and aloud “Beijing 08 08 2008” on BBC Swahili (10 min.) Read silently “Mipango ya dharura yatakiwa Zimbabwe” on BBC Swahili (5 min.) FSI Lesson 8 (30 min.) Read and listened simultaneously to Matthew ch. 5-8 (25 min.) Today's Passive Study Amefufuka Live! Radio (60 min.) Thru the Bible Swahili (30 min.) Notes: Jump TV kept wigging out on me today so no input there. I was really hoping to see Vitimbi again today too. Oh well. I did, however, find that I am positively in LOVE with Reuben Kigame. I must find all of his CD's pronto! In other news... I'm finding it absolutely hilarious how my brain seems to have started pulling up old dusty high school Spanish files this past week. If I start struggling with a word or phrase in Swahili my brain then scans the archives for the Spanish translation. If I ever knew it then it comes flying up front and center even if I didn't realize I knew it. Funny how the brain works. And finally, I bit the bullet and ordered the "Swahili Learners' Reference Grammar" yesterday. I can't wait to get it. I asked around for a really good grammar suggestion and this is what everyone kept suggesting. It's supposed to be good for people who utterly sucked at English grammar... yeah... that would be me. Edited by Crissy on 21 August 2007 at 7:59pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Crissy Groupie United States Joined 6305 days ago 48 posts - 48 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Swahili | Message 23 of 54 21 August 2007 at 7:45pm | IP Logged | ||
Oooh what did you buy? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Crissy Groupie United States Joined 6305 days ago 48 posts - 48 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Swahili | Message 24 of 54 21 August 2007 at 7:46pm | IP Logged | ||
Hah... well don't I feel all smart now. *giggles* 1 person has voted this message useful |
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