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Mwakatana— You're equal
Derekuzerieghe kwende matuku awi kwa juma— We told you to go twice a week
Nerekoghe nikireda mafungu hata mpaka nimoni woruwu niboilo— I used to bring a good pay until I felt good
Ni kuzoya kuguwa/kuzinghana kila mndu— One starts looking at everyone
Wekanya kichuku/vichuku— They are related
Mengi ghafuma masanga gha noko kimonu sa Japani— Many of them are imported from foreign countries like Japan
Ichi chaghu seji nachiwona chewaghika mando awi— In my opinion the Uber or App taxi work is divided into two groups
Iro ngelo ramerie kuida— Those days are gone
Simanyagha, ela shekeria imu sena ni wandu wengi wereendieghe noko kimonu danu wikawuya walola kazi ra shwaa kwa iri Uba— I don't know, but another reason is that people went abroad and have now come back are finding Uber as quick work
Okumoni Abo kwavika miaka ilinga?— Wewe Baba umefikisha miaka mingapi?
Dakaia kirezi kwa kila kilambo— We are at the tail end in everything
Ela Uba wawusa mrongo iwi na iwi kwa ighana— But Uber takes twenty two percent
Ai, Aba kwaki kwanizera huwu?— Oh, dad why have you told me this?
Wadawida ndewitesianagha angu waobua kuchumbwa/kuidwa— Taitas do not help each other for fear of competition
Ughu mwaka gwaniadadire loli— This year has truly touched me in a special way
Nachaloghwa— I will be bewitched
Ijo igare jaduka imbiri wandu wawi na nyuma wandu wawi— That car carries two people in front and two in the back
Kampuni nderine/nderiwadie magome ghangi— Companies don't have any money
Ata kukazerwa wavae wana ikumi na wadadu kwalegha— If you were told she had had thirteen children you would not believe it
Magare ghamu ni matini ni sa pikipiki seji ghinywaa mavuda— Some cars have little consumption like motorbikes
Kukainja magome ghose gha mavuda, vindo na gheoghosha igare kwagala mduu— When you deduct money for petrol, lunch and washing the car, you go home empty handed
Kushana— To pay
Ikenda— Nine
Wandu wengi werelisireghe kubonya kazi rawo kufuma mzinyi— Many people got used to working from home
Hata kawona idwagha ngelo ndacha, kwabonyaa mboa mboa— Even if it will take a long time, you do it slowly by slowly
Si ilagho jingi— Not a problem
Mghenyu— Friend
Kwaki mndu usedima kubonya rose?— Why can't someone do them all?
Angu malagho gakua nandighi— Because things are very tough
Siwonagha ngera oko na wasi ghungi mmbinyi— I don't think she has any health issues
Bugha na wasi— Woes and anguish
Maza rikurie— Hard/difficult things
Wa kadadu wawangwagha Wakesho na oka na mwaka ghumweri na nusu— The third one is called Wakesho and she is one and a half years old
Ija mbari eko na wongo— Brains
Kidoi/Vidoi— Thief/Thieves
Lukundo— Love
Kwalale mana?— Did you sleep well?
Si dimaa kughora wei ni angu sinywaa chofi angu kii— I cannot say that it is because I don't drink beer
Ata kukazerwa wavae wana wighane huwo kwashinika— If you were told she had had that many children you would be shocked
Choo— Come
Dedocha aja Chawia msevalo— We used to come to Chawia before you were born
Wandu wengi waraobua kufuma nyumbenyi— Many people were afraid of leaving their homes
Kuboda angu kudeghedeka— Lush or green vegetation
Mruna mao simanyire— Aunt, I don't know
Kumlomba Mlungu na kubonya kazi— Praying to God and working
Danu kukaghesha seji malagho ghakua— When you think about how hard things are
Kuve mayo na ndeyo na waruna mayo na waruna ndeyo— You name your parents, your aunts and uncles (You birth your parents and your aunts and uncles)
Kuwunja magome agha wighitumie— Return the money they have spent
Na kawona eko ni sa etima tima huwu angu huwu— And if it is there, it is trial and error
Niko koni woruwo— It is exactly that
Agho malagho ghakua— These things are difficult
Jingi izima jadimika, ni mndu kuzoya tu— There is another possiblity, one has to start
WaChawia— The people of Chawia
Nderimanyikie— They are not known
Iyo ngelo orekaukibonya kazi kwa WaSomali— That time he/she was working in Somalia
Madereva wiboilo ni icho kilambo— Drivers like that thing
Chongo— Head
Mrongo inya na inya kwa huwo kovalwa mwaka ghwa mrongo mfungade na ikenda— Fourty four, therefore you were born in 1979
Kumanya ngelo— Knowing the times
Kula mundu oka uidagha ichia na ichia— Everyone is trying this and that
Kuwuka na chirichiri— Waking up very early
Wesokwa mbuwa— They were dispossessed of their land
Ela kwa idakoni deko aha— But for now we are here
Eri wandu wizoye zoghori na rizoghuo sio wei rifo— So that people can start businesses that will flourish and not die
Irandadu— Six
Kufuma kala makanisa ghatumilwa ni wabaa wa isanga— Since long ago churches have been used by country governments
Kenya yazerwagha wei ni isanga ja wandu wimobuaa Mlungu— Kenya is known as a country of people that fear God
Wandu witesekia wada?— How will people be helped?
Warasimilo sana— She is very blessed
Oka mtineri na wushu ghwape seji koni ghorekoghe kala— She is tiny and her face hasn't changed
Dinekenyi mndu mzima hata kawona ndeuboie— Give us someone else even if they are no good
Mkonu— Hand
Iwi— Two
Shekeria ni kii?— What is the cause?
Wa imbiri wawangwagha Mwakio oka na miaka ikumi na ghumweri— The first born is called Mwakio and he is eleven years old
Naluka kidasi chapo chikamaria mbai da nachirughua— I have woven my basket and it messed it up so now I will undo it
Mghondi— Mountain
Wandu wadua wikilima mngulu na mabemba— People are still planting beans and maize
Malagho gha Kizungu— English words
Kazi yawo ni imweri tu— They have only one responsibility
Deka kirezi— We are the tail
Nighoragha wada?— What will I say?
Mafungu mengi— A lot of earnings
Kwa huwo kwa shilingi elfu imweri wawusa maghana awi na mrongo iwi— So, for every one thousand shillings they take two hundred and twenty shillings
Kwadua kukiwoneka saa mwana mtini— You still look like a child
Loli dadima kughora ndedimanyagha— Truly we can say we don't know
Agho matuku wandu ndewereendaa andu kungi— In those days people didn't go anywhere
Malagho sa agho ghabwagha wandu ngolo ebonya kazi— Things like this discourage people from working
Rebanda na reghoka— They are fat and beautiful
Weweni ndewimanyire— They do not know
Agho madereva gha magare matini wawusa kazi iyoyose mana wiboisagha magome matineri— Those drivers of small cars can take on any trip because they make some profit
Uhu waghosia— Thus one is old
Iguri japo ndejikurie— My price is not high
Kwavalo mori ghuao?— What month were you born?
Mudima kughora wada ee wabaa wighora wekunda kubonya maandamano— What do you say when the leaders say they want to engage in demonstrations?
Mka umu mtini kabisa wachilu— A very tiny dark skinned woman
Ndewikunde kudidederia— They don't want to defend us
Kuvika aha kwavika— To get to where you are
Kawona kwakunde— If you want
Magare gheko aeni ela mafungu gha zaidi ndeghiko— There is transport but there is no disposable income
Mwana ukavalwa umweri uneko marina ichia na ichia ni karakara— If you birth one child it is okay to give them multiple names from both sides of parents
Jingi seremwonieghe— I never saw her
Idwagha miaka mrongo idadu— It will take thirty years
Kwa maza niserimanyagha— For reasons I don't know
Na huwo wesera kufuma mrongo iwi na isanu kwa ighana angu wizerelo ni wabaa wa isanga— And this is after they have reduced from twenty five percent because of an order from the government
Dije malagho— Let's talk (let's eat words!)
Isanga ja Dawida ni jaenga sana— The Taita land is very large
Imweri— One

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