tell

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[English Word] tell

[Swahili Word] -ambia

[Part of Speech] verb

[Class] applicative

[Derived Word] amba V

[English Example] Tell me/ how do you endure/ the pain of being separated / from your fellow human beings?; There's no one who was brave enough to be able to tell his companion.

[Swahili Example] Niambie,/ wavumulia vipi/maumivu ya kutenganishwa/ na binadamu wenzako? [Alamin Mazrui "Barua ya Mpenzi"49] hakuna aliyekuwa na ujasiri wa kuweza kumwambia mwenziwe [Kez]

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[English Word] tell

[Swahili Word] -arifu

[Part of Speech] verb

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[English Word] tell

[Swahili Word] -hadithi

[Part of Speech] verb

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[English Word] tell

[Swahili Word] -hubiri

[Part of Speech] verb

[Derived Word] habari, mhubiri

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[English Word] tell

[Swahili Word] -sema

[Part of Speech] verb

[Note] rare

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[English Word] tell

[Swahili Word] -taja

[Part of Speech] verb

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[English Word] tell (a story)

[Swahili Word] -simulia

[Part of Speech] verb

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[English Word] tell (a story)

[Swahili Word] -sumulia

[Part of Speech] verb

[Derived Word] msimulizi N

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[English Word] tell (news)

[Swahili Word] -dokolea

[Part of Speech] verb

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[English Word] tell a story

[Swahili Word] -fanyia hadithi

[Part of Speech] verb

[Swahili Definition] kusimulia hadithi

[English Example] Use of pictures to tell a story

[Swahili Example] Matumizi ya picha kwa kufanyia hadithi [Masomo 194]

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[English Word] tell a story

[Swahili Word] -pa hadithi

[Part of Speech] verb

[Swahili Definition] eleza habari za mambo yaliyotukia; eleza kisa, ngano, masimulizi, riwaya

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[English Word] tell fortunes

[Swahili Word] -tabiri

[Part of Speech] verb

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[English Word] tell frankly (informal)

[Swahili Word] -toboa

[Part of Speech] verb

[Swahili Example] Padri leo katoboa! [Kez]

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[English Word] tell over and over again

[Swahili Word] -sisitiza

[Part of Speech] verb

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