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Meaning of i- | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. it, they; [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-mi class|mi class_((IV))]]/[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#N class|n class_((IX))]] subject concord
    morpheme
  2. verb-initial form of -i- (“it, them; [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-mi class|mi class_((IV))]]/[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#N class|n class_((IX))]] object concord”)
    morpheme

Examples

“هُيُوِ دُنِيَ اِيْنَ غُرُرِ ، دِيَ زَتَتَسِ هُزَدَمَيِْ،”

This world is deceitful, why follow its ways?

“Ilikuwa kiasi cha saa moja-unusu ya usiku[…]”

It was about half past seven in the night […]

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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