ask

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[English Word] ask

[Swahili Word] -saili

[Part of Speech] verb

[English Example] father asked mother a question

[Swahili Example] Baba alimsaili mama swali

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[English Word] ask (about)

[Swahili Word] -uliza

[Part of Speech] verb

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[English Word] ask after someone

[Swahili Word] -hakikia

[Part of Speech] verb

[Derived Word] hakika

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[English Word] ask for

[Swahili Word] -omba

[Part of Speech] verb

[English Example] They <b>asked for</b> tea, but they got coffee.

[Swahili Example] Wali<b>omba</b> chai, lakini wakapata kahawa.

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[English Word] ask for

[Swahili Word] -ombea

[Part of Speech] verb

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[English Word] ask for

[Swahili Word] -taka

[Part of Speech] verb

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[English Word] ask for

[Swahili Word] -takia

[Part of Speech] verb

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[English Word] ask for advice

[Swahili Word] -uliza shauri

[Part of Speech] verb

[English Example] ask father for an advice

[Swahili Example] Mulize baba shauri

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[English Word] ask insistently

[Swahili Word] -sisitiza

[Part of Speech] verb

[English Example] (s)he asked insistently again while looking at that girl

[Swahili Example] alisisitiza tena akimtazama msichana huyo [Mt], "Nipe mwalimu", msichana alisisitiza kwa shauku bila kujua alikuwa akisisitiza jambo gani [Muk]

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[English Word] ask something of someone

[Swahili Word] -ombea

[Part of Speech] verb

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[English Word] ask to marry (a woman)

[Swahili Word] -posa

[Part of Speech] verb

[English Example] money for wedding preparations.

[Swahili Example] mali ya kuposea

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[English Word] be asked

[Swahili Word] -sailiwa

[Part of Speech] verb

[Class] passive

[English Example] all the workers who were called to be asked by mrs. Tamima looked at each other

[Swahili Example] watumishi wote walioitwa kusailiwa na Bi Tamima walitazamana [Moh]

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[English Word] one who asks for something

[English Plural] ones who ask for something

[Swahili Word] mtaka

[Swahili Plural] wataka

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

[Derived Language] Swahili

[Derived Word] -taka

[English Example] he who asks for everything receives nothing (proverb)

[Swahili Example] mtaka wote hukosa yote (methali)

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[English Word] one who asks for something

[Swahili Word] mwombi

[Swahili Plural] waombi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Derived Word] omba V

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