Learn how to say "not" and "don't have"
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| Introduction |
| John: Welcome to 3-Minute Swahili Season 1, Lesson 19 - Using Negation. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to state essential negative statements in Swahili. |
| Body |
| John: Here's the way to say "I don't have a pen." in Swahili. |
| Medina: [Normal] Sina kalamu. |
| John: First is a word meaning "I don't have." |
| Medina: [Normal] sina [Slow] sina |
| John: Last is the word meaning "pen." |
| Medina: [Normal] kalamu [Slow] kalamu |
| John: Listen again to the phrase meaning "I don't have a pen." |
| Medina: [Slow] Sina kalamu. [Normal] Sina kalamu. |
| John: Ok, now let's see the way to say "I don't have time." |
| Medina: [Normal] Sina wakati. |
| John: First is a word meaning "I don't have." |
| Medina: [Normal] sina [Slow] sina |
| John: Last is the word meaning "time." |
| Medina: [Normal] wakati [Slow] wakati |
| John: Listen again to the phrase meaning "I don't have time." |
| Medina: [Slow] Sina wakati. [Normal] Sina wakati. |
| John: Next is the way to say "I don't know." |
| Medina: [Normal] Sijui. |
| John: First is a word meaning "I don't." |
| Medina: [Normal] si [Slow] si |
| John: Last is the word meaning "know." |
| Medina: [Normal] jui [Slow] jui |
| John: Listen again to the phrase meaning "I don't know." |
| Medina: [Slow] Sijui. [Normal] Sijui. |
| John: Finally is a way to say "I don't understand." |
| Medina: [Normal] Sielewi. |
| John: First is a word meaning "I don't." |
| Medina: [Normal] si [Slow] si |
| John: Last is the word meaning "understand." |
| Medina: [Normal] elewi [Slow] elewi |
| John: Listen again to the phrase meaning "I don't understand." |
| Medina: [Slow] Sielewi. [Normal] Sielewi. |
| Cultural Insight |
| John: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Medina: In Swahili, negative phrases follow a certain pattern. In this lesson we saw the negation marker si- an equivalent of the English "I don't..." which is used when talking about oneself. |
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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