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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Swahili with Fexingo. I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna. Episode 80, can you believe it? Lucas: I know, we've come a long way. Today we're talking about family — specifically siblings. Luna: Oh nice, I've been wanting to talk about my family. Lucas: If Fexingo has been helping you make actual progress with this language, that's exactly why we keep these episodes ad-free. We want to keep it clean and focused on learning. Luna: Yeah, I really appreciate that. And if it works for you, you can support the show at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Lucas: Right, no pressure, just a way to keep it going. So, siblings. Let's start with the word for older brother. Luna: Ooh, is it kaka? Lucas: Exactly. Kaka. Say it with me: kaka. Luna: Kaka. Lucas: Good. And older sister is dada. Luna: Dada. Lucas: Perfect. Now, if you want to ask 'Do you have an older brother?' you say 'Una kaka?' Luna: Una kaka? Lucas: Yes. And 'Do you have an older sister?' is 'Una dada?' Luna: Una dada? Lucas: Great. So, Luna, una kaka? Luna: Hmm, let me think. Nina kaka mmoja. I have one older brother. Lucas: Nice. So 'Nina kaka mmoja' — I have one brother. Say that again. Luna: Nina kaka mmoja. Lucas: And what about sisters? Una dada? Luna: Nina dada wawili. I have two older sisters. Lucas: Excellent. 'Nina dada wawili' — two sisters. Let's break that down: nina means I have, dada means sister, wawili means two. Luna: So wawili is the word for two when talking about people? Lucas: Exactly. For siblings, we use special numbers. Mmoja for one, wawili for two. So if you have three brothers, you'd say 'Nina kaka watatu'. Luna: Watatu — that sounds like the number three but with a wa- prefix. Lucas: You're catching on! So let's practice. Una kaka? Luna: Nina kaka mmoja. Lucas: Una dada? Luna: Nina dada wawili. Lucas: Perfect. Now imagine you meet a new friend in Tanzania. You could ask them 'Una kaka?' and they might answer 'Ndiyo, nina kaka wawili'. Luna: So ndiyo is yes. Ndiyo, nina kaka wawili. Lucas: Yes. Or if they don't have any, they might say 'Hapana, sina kaka'. Luna: Sina — that's 'I don't have', right? Lucas: Exactly. Sina kaka — I don't have a brother. Sina dada — I don't have a sister. Luna: Okay. So let's practice the question and answer. Una kaka? Lucas: Ndiyo, nina kaka mmoja. Luna: Una dada? Lucas: Hapana, sina dada. Luna: Got it. So kaka is older brother, dada is older sister. And mimi nina means I have. Lucas: Right. And if you want to say 'my older brother', you can say 'kaka yangu'. Luna: Kaka yangu. My older brother. Dada yangu, my older sister. Lucas: Perfect. Let's do a quick recap. We learned kaka, dada, una kaka, una dada, nina kaka mmoja, nina dada wawili. Say them with me one more time. Luna: Kaka. Lucas: Dada. Luna: Una kaka? Lucas: Una dada? Luna: Nina kaka mmoja. Lucas: Nina dada wawili. Luna: That was a good session. I feel like I can actually use these. Lucas: That's the goal. Keep practicing, and next time you meet a Swahili speaker, try asking them about their siblings. Luna: Great idea. Thanks, Lucas. Lucas: Thanks for listening, and we'll see you in the next episode of Learn Swahili with Fexingo. Luna: Bye for now!