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Procedure, Phase 2
APPENDIX H
mimea Mkulima huyu apanda mimea mizuri sana. This farmer plants very good plants.
m̀punga Mkulima huyu apanda m̀punga mzuri sana This farmer plants very good rice.
vitunguu Mkulima huyu apanda vitunguu vizuri sana. This farmer plants very good onions.

The adapted drill is as follows:

chama chama hiki ni kizuri. This union is good.
vyama Vyama hivi ni vizuri. These unions are good.
tawi Tawi hili ni zuri. This branch is good.
matawi Matawi haya ni mazuri. These branches are good.
mwenyekiti Mwenyekiti huyu ni mzuri. This chairman is good.
wenyeviti Wenyeviti hawa ni wazuri. These chairmen are good.
afisa Afisa huyu ni mzuri. This officer is good.
maafisa Maafisa hawa ni wazuri. These officers are good.

The second example, from Unit 75, requires the student to respond to an affirmative question with a negative answer (Formation of negatives is one of the most troublesome habits for beginning Swahili students to get into.) The original drill consists of pairs of sentences:

kupalilia Umepalilia mahindi yako? Have you weeded your maize?
  Bado sijapalilia. Not yet, I haven't.

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