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....Read the menu

• Avocado - Avokado
• Aubergine - Birangani
• Lentils - Choroko
• Mango - Embe
• Crab - Kaa
• Meat balls - Kababu
• Carrots - Karoti
• Lamb chops - Kipande cha kondoo
• Cashew nuts - Korosho
• Leeks - Liiki
• Fruit juice - maji ya matunda
• Green peas - Mbaazi mbichi
• Goat - Mbuzi
• Nile perch - Mbuta
• Cream of coconut soup - Mchuzi wa nazi
• Millet - Mtama
• Bananas - Ndizi
• Minced meat- Nyama ya kuponda
• Perch - Peschi
• Lettuce salad - Saldi ya fagili
• Sousages - Soseji
• Steak(general)- Steki
• Melon - Tikiti maji
• Local freshwater fish - Tilapia ( my faourite fish with Ugali!)

Emergency!!!

• Help - Saidia
• fire - Moto
• Thief - mwizi (or Kauzi,depending on who you are telling!)
• Police - Polisi (or Karau....)
• Call - Ita (or piga simu - make a phone call...)

  On safari

• Baboon - Nyani
• Buffalo - Cheetah
• Cheetah - Duma
• Elephant - Tembo
• Giraffe - Twiga
• Hippo - Kiboko
• Hyena - Fisi
• Impala - Swara
• Leopard - Chui
• Lion - Simba
• Monkey -Nyani
• Rhino - Nyati
• Zebra -Punda Milia

  Numbers

• One -Moja
• Two - Mbili
• Three - Tatu
• Four -Nne
• Five - Tano
• six - Sita
• Seven - Saba
• Eight - Nane
• Nine - Tisa
• Kumi - Ten

  On the move

• I'm Lost - Nimepotea
• Where? - Wapi?
• Why? - Kwa nini?
• When - Lini?
• How - Vipi?
• Lets go - Twende
• Wait here - Ngoja hapa
• you're an idiot! - wewe fala!

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