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| INTRODUCTION |
| Louise: Hi everyone, and welcome back to SwahiliPod101.com This is Absolute Beginner Season 1 Lesson 22 -Have You Ever Had Kenyan Beer? Louise Here. |
| Medina: Hello everyone. I'm Medina. |
| Louise: In this lesson, you’ll learn words and phrases about drinks, and how to make suggestions and give answers in Swahili. The conversation takes place at a supermarket. |
| Medina: It's between two friends, Musa and Juma. |
| Louise: The speakers are close friends, so they’ll be using informal Swahili. Okay, let's listen to the conversation. |
Lesson conversation |
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| Musa: Juma, je, utakunywa nini? Mvinyo? Pombe? |
| Juma: Nitakunywa pombe. |
| Musa: Nitanunua pombe basi. Na je wewe Mary? Utakunywa pombe pia? |
| Mary: Ndiyo, Kidogo. |
| Louise: Listen to the conversation one time slowly. |
| Musa: Juma, je, utakunywa nini? Mvinyo? Pombe? |
| Juma: Nitakunywa pombe. |
| Musa: Nitanunua pombe basi. Na je wewe Mary? Utakunywa pombe pia? |
| Mary: Ndiyo, Kidogo. |
| Louise: Alright, let’s listen to the conversation with the English translation |
| Musa: Juma, what will you have to drink? Wine? Beer? |
| Juma: I'll have beer. |
| Musa: I'll buy some beer then. What about you, Mary? Will you drink beer too? |
| Mary: Yes, a little. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Louise: So Medina, what kinds of drinks are popular in Kenya? |
| Medina: As far as alcoholic drinks go, beer and wine are usually the most popular. |
| Louise: It seems like Kenyan brands of beer are particularly popular compared to brands from other countries. |
| Medina: That’s right. The most popular brands are Tusker and Pilsner. You can find them easily anywhere in Kenya. |
| Louise: But beer isn’t so popular with women in Kenya, right? |
| Medina: That’s right. While men drink beer as much as they want, women usually only drink just one or two bottles, and very rarely. And it’s even more rare to see women with beer in rural areas. |
| Louise: Why’s that? |
| Medina: Because in rural areas, people still have a certain image of women, but that image doesn’t include beer. |
| Louise: I see. Alright, let’s move onto the vocab. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Louise: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is.. |
| Medina: kunywa [natural native speed] |
| Louise: to drink |
| Medina: kunywa[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Medina: kunywa [natural native speed] |
| Louise: Next we have.. |
| Medina: mvinyo [natural native speed] |
| Louise: wine |
| Medina: mvinyo [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Medina: mvinyo [natural native speed] |
| Louise: Next we have.. |
| Medina: pombe [natural native speed] |
| Louise: beer |
| Medina: pombe [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Medina: pombe [natural native speed] |
| Louise: Next we have.. |
| Medina: pia [natural native speed] |
| Louise: too, also |
| Medina: pia [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Medina: pia [natural native speed] |
| Louise: Next we have.. |
| Medina: ndiyo [natural native speed] |
| Louise: yes |
| Medina: ndiyo [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Medina: ndiyo [natural native speed] |
| Louise: Next we have.. |
| Medina: kidogo [natural native speed] |
| Louise: little |
| Medina: kidogo [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Medina: kidogo [natural native speed] |
| Louise: Next we have.. |
| Medina: nunua [natural native speed] |
| Louise: to buy |
| Medina: nunua [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Medina: nunua [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES |
| Louise: Let's take a closer look at the usage of some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first word is.. |
| Medina: Mvinyo. |
| Louise: And it means “wine” |
| Medina: It’s best to remember this word as a pair with the word - Pombe |
| Louise: meaning “beer.” By the way, in Kenya, there are many local breweries around villages, in addition to the factories owned by big companies. |
| Medina: That’s right. You’ll never run out of beer if you’re in Kenya. |
| Louise: But these words won’t mean much if you don’t know the verb “to drink.” |
| Medina: In Swahili, that’s kunywa. It means both “to drink” and “to take.” |
| Louise: How do you say “to drink wine?” |
| Medina: It’s simple. Kunywa mvinyo. You just need to put the verb first, then the object. |
| Louise: Great. Can you give us an example using this verb? |
| Medina: Sure. Bakari, kunywa mvinyo na pombe leo. |
| Louise: “Bakari, drink wine and beer today.” |
| Medina: You’ll hear this phrase a lot if you hang out with Kenyan guys at a bar. They really love to drink beer and wine and socialize with friends in the evening. |
| Louise: That’s right. So be sure to remember this phrase if you make plans to drink with Kenyan friends! |
Lesson focus |
| Louise: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to make suggestions and answer them in Swahili. |
| Medina: First, let’s take a look at this phrase. Je, utakunywa nini? |
| Louise: This means “What will you drink?” |
| Medina: Utakunywa is a verb meaning “to drink” in the future tense. |
| Louise: That’s because it has the prefix for the future tense, right? |
| Medina: That’s right. Uta… is the prefix we use to express the future tense, and kunywa is the verb meaning “to drink”. So Utakunywa means “will drink.” |
| Louise: Is there anything else we need to know about this prefix? |
| Medina: Well, Uta is only for the singular. For the plural, it will be mta… |
| Louise: So “to drink” in the future tense for the plural would be.. |
| Medina: mtakunywa. This has the prefix mta, and the verb kunywa. |
| Louise: Great. Can you give us an example using this prefix? |
| Medina: Sure. ..nipa is the verb meaning “to give.” |
| Louise: So “will give” would be.. |
| Medina: mtanipa. Using this verb, you can say.. Nyinyi watu, mtanipa pesa yangu lini? |
| Louise: “When will you guys give me my money back?” |
| Medina: Again, that is, Nyinyi watu, mtanipa pesa yangu lini? |
| Louise: Okay, let’s go back to the question we had earlier. If someone asks you what you want to drink, how do you answer? |
| Medina: To say “I will have [something]”, you can use the verb Nitakunywa and put the object. For example, Nitakunywa pombe. |
| Louise: “I will have beer.” or literally “I have beer.” |
| Medina: In this sentence, we used the verb in the present tense. |
| Louise: So the question is in future tense, and the answer is in present tense, right? |
| Medina: Yes, that’s right. |
Outro |
| Louise: Okay, that’s all for this lesson. Thank you for listening, everyone, and we’ll see you next time! Bye! |
| Medina: Bye. |
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