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| Introduction |
| John: Welcome to 3-Minute Swahili Season 1, Lesson 13 - Who Is It? In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask who it is in Swahili. |
| Body |
| John: Here's a way to ask "Who is it?" in Swahili. |
| Medina: [Normal] Ni nani? |
| John: First is a word meaning "is." |
| Medina: [Normal] Ni [Slow] Ni |
| John: Last is the word meaning "who." |
| Medina: [Normal] nani [Slow] nani |
| John: Note the rising intonation. Listen again to the question meaning "Who is it?" |
| Medina: [Slow] Ni nani? [Normal] Ni nani? |
| John: Here's a way to ask, "Who is that?" |
| Medina: [Normal] Yule ni nani? |
| John: First is a word meaning "that (person)." |
| Medina: [Normal] Yule [Slow] Yule |
| John: Next is the word meaning "is." |
| Medina: [Normal] ni [Slow] ni |
| John: Last is the word meaning "who." |
| Medina: [Normal] nani [Slow] nani |
| John: Note again the rising intonation. Listen again to the question meaning "Who is that?" |
| Medina: [Slow] Yule ni nani? [Normal] Yule ni nani? |
| John: Here's a response meaning "It's me." |
| Medina: [Normal] Ni mimi. |
| John: First is a word literally meaning "is." |
| Medina: [Normal] Ni [Slow] Ni |
| John: Last is the word meaning "me." |
| Medina: [Normal] mimi [Slow] mimi |
| John: Listen again to the response, "It's me." |
| Medina: [Slow] Ni mimi. [Normal] Ni mimi. |
| John: Here's a response meaning, "That is a friend of mine." |
| Medina: [Normal] Yule ni rafiki yangu. |
| John: First is a word meaning "that." |
| Medina: [Normal] yule [Slow] yule |
| John: Next is the word meaning "is." |
| Medina: [Normal] ni [Slow] ni |
| John: Next is the word meaning "friend." |
| Medina: [Normal] rafiki [Slow] rafiki |
| John: Last is the word meaning "mine." |
| Medina: [Normal] yangu [Slow] yangu |
| John: Listen again to the response, "That is a friend of mine." |
| Medina: [Slow] Yule ni rafiki yangu. [Normal] Yule ni rafiki yangu. |
| Cultural Insight |
| John: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Medina: You can ask Ni nani? which means “Who is there?” when you get a knock on your door, and you want to know who it is. |
Outro |
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| John: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson! |
| Medina: Tuonane! |
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