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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Swahili with Fexingo. I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna. Hey Lucas, last episode we learned about living room furniture. Now I'm ready to move to the kitchen. Lucas: Perfect timing. Today we will learn some common kitchen items in Swahili. Let's start with jiko. Jiko means stove or cooker. Luna: Jiko. J-i-k-o. That sounds like 'jiko'. Lucas: Exactly. Jiko. Try saying it: jiko. Luna: Jiko. Lucas: Good. Now next: sufuria. Sufuria means pot, like a cooking pot. Luna: Sufuria. That's a long one. su fu ri a. Lucas: You got it. Sufuria. Say it once more. Luna: Sufuria. Lucas: Great. Now let's learn kikombe. Kikombe means cup. Luna: Kikombe. Like a cup of chai. Lucas: Exactly. Kikombe cha chai. And sahani. Sahani means plate. Luna: Sahani. Sahani. Good. Lucas: Now let's use them in sentences. To ask 'Where is the stove?' you say: Jiko liko wapi? Luna: Jiko liko wapi? That sounds like 'jiko' and 'liko' and 'wapi'. Lucas: Right. Jiko liko wapi? Can you repeat? Luna: Jiko liko wapi? Lucas: Perfect. Now for 'The plate is on the table': Sahani iko mezani. Remember meza means table, and -ni means on. Luna: Sahani iko mezani. So sahani, iko, mezani. Lucas: Exactly. Say it. Luna: Sahani iko mezani. Lucas: Awesome. Now let's do a quick scene. Imagine you are in a kitchen. You need to find the pot. How do you ask? Luna: Hmm. Sufuria iko wapi? Right? Lucas: Perfect. Sufuria iko wapi? That's exactly right. Luna: Oh, that feels good. Lucas: And if the cup is on the table, you say: Kikombe kiko mezani. Luna: Kikombe kiko mezani. Because kikombe is like... singular? Lucas: Right. Kikombe uses 'kiko' because it's in the ki-vi noun class. Jiko also uses 'liko'. We'll cover noun classes more later. Luna: Okay, I'll just memorize for now. Lucas: That works. Now let's practice all four words. Repeat after me: jiko, sufuria, kikombe, sahani. Luna: Jiko, sufuria, kikombe, sahani. Lucas: Great. Now, before we go further, I want to mention something. A few listeners help keep Fexingo ad-free by supporting us through buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. It really helps us make episodes like this. Luna: Yeah, it's a small group, but it makes a big difference. If you find this helpful, consider joining them. Lucas: Exactly. Okay, back to the kitchen. Let's put it all together. Imagine you are cooking. You have the pot on the stove. How would you say 'The pot is on the stove'? Luna: Let me think. Sufuria iko jikoni? Or... sufuria iko juu ya jiko? Lucas: Good try. 'On the stove' can be 'juu ya jiko', but simpler: Sufuria iko jikoni means 'The pot is in the kitchen'. For 'on the stove', you can say Sufuria iko juu ya jiko. Luna: Sufuria iko juu ya jiko. That's a bit long but I'll practice. Lucas: You will get it. Now, let's review quickly: jiko, sufuria, kikombe, sahani. And questions: Jiko liko wapi? Sahani iko wapi? Luna: Jiko liko wapi? Sahani iko wapi? Lucas: Excellent. You have learned four kitchen items today. Practice them and next time we will add more. Thanks for listening to Learn Swahili with Fexingo. See you next time. Luna: Kwa heri! Goodbye!