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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Swahili with Fexingo! I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna. Hey Lucas, last time we talked about weather, right? Lucas: That's right! Kuna jua, kuna mvua. And today, I thought we'd talk about something you wear when it's sunny or rainy. Luna: Oh! Clothes? Lucas: Exactly. In Swahili, the word for clothes is nguo. Say it with me: nguo. Luna: nguo. Lucas: Great. Nguo can mean clothes in general. Now, a specific piece of clothing: shirt. That's shati. Shati. Luna: shati. So if I'm wearing a shirt, I'd say... nina shati? Lucas: Close! Actually, we say 'I am wearing' as ninavaa. But for now, let's keep it simple. To say 'He is wearing a shirt', we say Anavaa shati. Anavaa shati. Luna: Anavaa shati. Ooh, that's good. So if I see you wearing a shirt, I can say Lucas anavaa shati. Lucas: Exactly! And if I'm wearing a hat, that's kofia. Anavaa kofia. Luna: Anavaa kofia. So kofia is hat. I like hats. So I can say: navaa kofia. Wait, is that right? Lucas: Almost perfect. Nina kofia means 'I have a hat'. To say 'I am wearing a hat', it's Ninavaa kofia. But we'll get to that verb more later. For now, let's practice a question: Vaa nguo gani? That means 'What clothes are you wearing?' Vaa nguo gani? Luna: Vaa nguo gani? So if someone asks me that, I can say: Ninavaa shati na kofia. Wait, can I say na for 'and'? Lucas: Yes! Na means 'and'. So you could say Ninavaa shati na kofia. But let's keep it simple. Let's just answer: Anavaa shati. Or Anavaa kofia. So if I ask you: Vaa nguo gani? What do you say? Luna: Ninavaa shati. Oh wait, I'm wearing a shirt. So Ninavaa shati. Lucas: Perfect. Now let's do a quick role-play. Imagine we're at a market. I say: Huyu anavaa nguo gani? Meaning 'What clothes is this person wearing?' Luna: Hmm. Maybe anavaa shati? Or anavaa kofia? Lucas: Either works. Let's say anavaa shati. So I point at someone and ask: Huyu anavaa nguo gani? And you answer: Anavaa shati. Luna: Anavaa shati. Lucas: And if that person is also wearing a hat, you'd say: Anavaa shati na kofia. Luna: Anavaa shati na kofia. That's really useful. So today we learned nguo, shati, kofia, and the question Vaa nguo gani? Lucas: Plus the answers Anavaa shati and Anavaa kofia. Let's do one more repetition. Repeat after me: nguo. Luna: nguo. Lucas: shati. Luna: shati. Lucas: kofia. Luna: kofia. Lucas: Vaa nguo gani? Luna: Vaa nguo gani? Lucas: Anavaa shati. Luna: Anavaa shati. Lucas: Anavaa kofia. Luna: Anavaa kofia. Lucas: Wonderful. That's it for today's episode of Learn Swahili with Fexingo. Practice these words and we'll see you next time. Luna: Kwaheri! Lucas: Kwaheri!