Miti na Mimea [Trees and Plants]
Names of trees and plants belong to the M\MI noun class. The nouns take M‐ in singular and MI‐ in the plural form.
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Mmea/Mimea |
Plant/Plants |
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Mti/Miti |
Tree/Trees |
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Mnazi/Minazi |
Coconut
Tree/Coconut Trees |
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Mchungwa/Michungwa |
Orange
Tree/Orange Trees |
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Mwembe/Miembe |
Mango
Tree/Mango Trees |
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Mtofaa/Mitofaa |
Apple
Tree/Apple Trees |
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Mpapai/Mipapai |
Papaya
Tree/Papaya Trees |
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Mndimu/Mindimu |
Lime
Tree/Lime Trees |
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Mpera/Mipera |
Guava
Tree/Guava Trees |
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Mgomba/Migomba |
Banana
Tree/Banana Trees |
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Mbetula |
Birch |
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Mchikichi |
Palm
Tree |
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Mfune |
Beech
Tree |
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Mjozi |
Walnut
Tree |
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Mpopla |
Poplar |
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Mseda |
Cedar |
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Mshira |
Maple |
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Msprusi |
Spruce |
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Mteashuri |
Larch |
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Mwaloni |
Oak |
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Mwerebi |
Willow |
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Mwerezi |
Lebanon
Cedar |
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Mbuyu |
Baobab
Tree |
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Mtini |
Fig
Tree |
Mazungumzo
[Dialogue]
Halima: Asante sana kwa kunileta hapa. Shamba lenu
lina rutuba. [Thank you so much for bringing me here. Your
farmland is very fertile.]
Jelimo: Karibu sana Halima. Nitaanza kwa
kukupeleka pale ambapo nimepanda aina tofauti ya matunda. [I
will start by taking you to a place where I have planted different types of
fruits]
Halima: Napenda maembe sana. Natumai umeyapanda
shambani. [I love mangoes so much. I hope you
have grown them in your farmland.]
Jelimo: Nimeyapanda. Nina miembe ishirini na
mitano. [I have grown them. I have twenty-five
mango trees.]
Halima: Ndiyo
ile pale? [Are those the ones?]
Jelimo: Ndiyo, twende tuone kama yameiva. [Yes,
let’s go see if they are ripe.]
Pia kuna mipera, migomba, mipaipai, minazi,
michungwa. Vilevile kuna miche ya matunda hayo yote. Yamepandwa pale karibu na
banda la ng’ombe. [Also, there are guava
trees, pawpaw trees, coconut trees, orange trees. There are also seedlings for
all the plants. They have been grown near the cowshed.]
Halima: Nafurahia sana kuwa hapa. Mipera ni jina la
miti inayozaa mapera. Mipaipai inazaa matunda gani? [I
am so happy to be here. Guava trees are trees that produce guavas, which fruits
do pawpaw trees produce?]
Jelimo: Mipaipai inazaa mapaipai, michungwa inazaa
machungwa, minazi inazaa nazi, migomba nayo inazaa ndizi. Na matunda yote
huchumwa na kuliwa yanapoiva. [Pawpaw trees produce
pawpaws, coconut trees produce coconuts and banana trees produce bananas. All
fruits are usually harvested and eaten when ripe.]
Halima: Nimejifunza
mengi sana leo. [I have learnt so much today.]
Jelimo: Tuendelee. Pale nimepanda mboga za aina
tofauti. Kuna kabeji, Sukuma wiki na mchicha. [Let’s continue. Over
there I have grown different vegetables. There is cabbage and kale.]
Halima: Una bidi kweli. Naona pia una nyanya,
vitunguu, bilinganya, malenge na pilipili mboga. Tunaweza kuchuma tukatumie
kupika chakula cha mchana? Nimehisi njaa sana. [You are very
hardworking. I can see you also have tomatoes, onions, eggplants, pumpkins and
capsicum.] Can we harvest some we go use them to prepare lunch? I am very
hungry.]
Jelimo: Haya twende. Baadaye
nitakupeleka kuona wanyama. [Okay let us go. Later, I will take you
to see the animals.]