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CHAPTER 8
MANIPULATIONS BASED ON NEWS ITEMS (SWAHILI)

INVENTORY OF SHORT SENTENCES:

Bw. Kawawa ni Makamu wa pili wa Rais.
[Mr. Kawawa is Second Vice-President. ]

Bw. Kawawa amerejea Dar es Salaam jana.
[Mr. Kawawa returned to D. yesterday.]

Bw. Kawawa alitoka ziara yake.
[Mr. Kawawa came from his official tour.]

Ziara ilikuwa ya kirafiki.
[The tour was unofficial ('friendly').]

Scandinavia ni nchi.
[Scandinavia is a land.]

Bw. Kawawa alikuwa safarini.
[Mr. Kawawa was on a trip.]

Six major tenses. (cf. Learner's Synopsis, par. 28, 29, 33, 36)

KEY EXAMPLE:
Kitu hiki ni kizuri.
[This thing is good.
Kitu hiki ni kizuri.
TENSE MODIFIERS:
sasa [now] Kitu hiki ni kizuri sasa.
jana [yesterday] Kitu hiki kilikuwa kizuri jana.
kesho [tomorrow] Kitu hiki kitakuwa kesho.

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