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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