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- Lucas: Karibu tena, Luna. Welcome back to Learn Swahili with Fexingo. Luna: Asante, Lucas. I'm ready to learn something new. What's on the table today? Lucas: Good one. Today, we're going to talk about things you find on a table. Like when you're eating. Luna: Oh, like plates and cups? I need those every day. Lucas: Exactly. Let's start with the plate. In Swahili, a plate is sahani. Say it with me, sahani. Luna: Sahani. Sahani. That's easy. Lucas: You've got it. Now, a cup. That's kikombe. Kikombe. Luna: Kikombe. Kikombe. I can do this. Lucas: Now a fork. Fork is uma. Uma. Luna: Uma. Uma. So uma is a fork. Lucas: Perfect. So we have sahani, kikombe, and uma. Let's put them in a sentence. If you want to say 'I have a plate,' you say, Nina sahani. Luna: Nina sahani. So Nina means 'I have'? Lucas: That's right. Nina means 'I have.' So Nina sahani is 'I have a plate.' Luna: Nina sahani. I have a plate. Easy. Lucas: Now let's try describing the cup. If you want to say 'The cup is big,' you say, Kikombe ni kikubwa. Luna: Kikombe ni kikubwa. So ni means 'is,' and kikubwa means 'big.' Lucas: Yes, exactly. Kikombe ni kikubwa. The cup is big. Luna: Let me try. Kikombe ni kikubwa. I love saying that. Lucas: You're doing great. Let's practice all three items again. Sahani, kikombe, uma. Luna: Sahani, kikombe, uma. I think I've got it. Lucas: Now, let's make a little scene. Imagine you're setting the table, and you say, 'I have a plate and a cup.' In Swahili, that's Nina sahani na kikombe. Luna: Nina sahani na kikombe. That's useful. I'm setting the table for dinner. Lucas: You're already thinking in Swahili. I'm proud of you. Luna: It's because of you, Lucas. And Fexingo, of course. Lucas: That means a lot. You know, Fexingo keeps this show going without any ads. If you've been learning with us, and you want to support that choice, you can do that at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Luna: Yeah, because we love making these lessons for you. Every little bit helps. Lucas: Okay, let's go back to the table. We had sahani, kikombe, and uma. Can you say 'I have a fork'? Luna: Nina uma. I have a fork. That's easy. Lucas: And 'The plate is small'? Remember, small is ndogo. Luna: Sahani ni ndogo. The plate is small. Lucas: There you go. You just made a new sentence. Let's do one more. 'The fork is long.' Long is ndefu. Luna: Uma ni ndefu. The fork is long. Lucas: Nailed it. You're mixing vocabulary and adjectives already. Luna: I feel like I can actually describe things now. It's so cool. Lucas: That's the goal. And remember, practice makes perfect. Say these phrases a few times today. Luna: I will. Sahani, kikombe, uma. Nina sahani. Kikombe ni kikubwa. I'm ready for dinner. Lucas: And that's a wrap for today. Keep practicing these table words, and join us next time for another bite-sized Swahili lesson. Luna: Kwaheri, everyone. See you next time.