be

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[English Word] be

[Swahili Word] iko

[Part of Speech] verb

[Class] conjugated

[Swahili Example] minazi iko shambani; nyumba yake iko wapi?; sukari iko

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[English Word] be

[Swahili Word] ipo

[Part of Speech] verb

[Class] conjugated

[Swahili Example] miti ipo shambani

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[English Word] be

[Swahili Word] -li

[Part of Speech] verb

[Related Words] si

[English Example] he who is

[Swahili Example] aliye

[Terminology] historical

[Note] old fashioned and only used in the general relative verb construction

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[English Word] be

[Swahili Word] -kaa

[Part of Speech] verb

[Related Words] kikalio, kikao, makao, makazi, mkaa, mkalio, ukaaji, ukao, ukazi

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[English Word] be

[Swahili Word] -wa

[Part of Speech] verb

[English Example] we will be friends

[Swahili Example] tutakuwa marafiki

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[English Word] be for

[Swahili Word] -wia

[Part of Speech] verb

[Class] applicative

[English Example] It's hard for me

[Swahili Example] Inaniwia vigumu

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[English Word] be in a place

[Swahili Word] -kuweko

[Part of Speech] verb

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[English Word] be in a place

[Swahili Word] -kuwako

[Part of Speech] verb

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[English Word] be in something

[Swahili Word] imo

[Part of Speech] verb

[Class] conjugated

[Swahili Example] mizizi imo mchangani; nguo imo sandukini

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[English Word] be inside

[Swahili Word] -kuwemo

[Part of Speech] verb

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[English Word] be inside

[Swahili Word] -kuwamo

[Part of Speech] verb

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[English Word] be present

[Swahili Word] -kuwapo

[Part of Speech] verb

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[English Word] be present

[Swahili Word] -kuwepo

[Part of Speech] verb

[English Example] she was present here

[Swahili Example] alikuwepo hapa

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[English Word] be to

[Swahili Word] -wia

[Part of Speech] verb

[Class] applicative

[English Example] and it was to them just trouble and doubts

[Swahili Example] basi ikawawia tabu na mashaka [Moh]

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[English Word] to be

[Swahili Word] kua

[Part of Speech] verb

[Dialect] dialectical

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