CHAPTER 7
SWAHILI MICROTEXTS
| wilaya (9, 10) | district |
| makamu (1) | deputy, vice- |
| -simamia | to oversee (lit: 'to stand by or over') |
| mkoa (3,4) | region, province |
| -saidia | to help |
| -saidiana | to help one another: to cooperate |
Use each of these words in a short sentence based on the text. Then, if you have studied Swahili elsewhere, go on and use each word in a short sentence that is not based on the text. Ordinarily, these sentences should be factually true as well as grammatically correct.
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