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INTRODUCTION
Louise: Hi everyone, and welcome back to SwahiliPod101.com. This is Absolute Beginner Season 1 Lesson 23 - Seeing the Great Outdoors in Kenya. Louise Here.
Medina: Hello everyone. I'm Medina.
Louise: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to talk about your plans to go to some place in the future in Swahili. The conversation takes place on the street near a park.
Medina: It's between two friends, Mary and Juma.
Louise: The speakers are close friends, so they’ll be using informal Swahili. Okay, let's listen to the conversation.

Lesson conversation

Mary: Nini hiyo?
Juma: Huo ni uwanja wa bustani. Unapenda kutembea kwa viwanja vya bustani?
Mary: Ndio napenda.
Juma: Sawa. Tutaenda kwa uwanja wa bustani Jumamosi hii. Ali utaenda?
Ali: Ndiyo. Pia mimi nitaenda.
Louise: Listen to the conversation one time slowly.
Mary: Nini hiyo?
Juma: Huo ni uwanja wa bustani. Unapenda kutembea kwa viwanja vya bustani?
Mary: Ndio napenda.
Juma: Sawa. Tutaenda kwa uwanja wa bustani Jumamosi hii. Ali utaenda?
Ali: Ndiyo. Pia mimi nitaenda.
Louise: Listen to the conversation with the English translation.
Mary: What is that?
Juma: That's a park. Do you like going to parks?
Mary: Oh yes, I do.
Juma: Alright. Let's go to the park this Saturday. Ali, are you going too?
Ali: Yes. I'm also going.
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
Louise: It seems like Kenyan people really like outdoor activities.
Medina: Yes, we like any activity that allows us to be together with others really. That’s why people love to have family gatherings or visit friends’ homes in Kenya.
Louise: And young people, like to visit clubs on Friday nights, right?
Medina: That’s true, especially in urban areas. Older generations love to go back to visit their hometowns, which are usually in the countryside.
Louise: And what about families, they usually go to parks, and restaurants, right?
Medina: That’s right. Or beaches too, if there are any nearby.
VOCAB LIST
Louise: Now, let’s take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is...
Medina: uwanja wa bustani [natural native speed]
Louise: park (literally, field of garden)
Medina: uwanja wa bustani [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Medina: uwanja wa bustani [natural native speed]
Louise: Next we have..
Medina: kutembea [natural native speed]
Louise: walking
Medina: kutembea [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Medina: kutembea [natural native speed]
Louise: Next we have..
Medina: viwanja [natural native speed]
Louise: parks
Medina: viwanja [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Medina: viwanja [natural native speed]
Louise: Next we have..
Medina: sawa [natural native speed]
Louise: all right
Medina: sawa [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Medina: sawa [natural native speed]
Louise: Next we have..
Medina: Jumamosi [natural native speed]
Louise: Saturday
Medina: Jumamosi [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Medina: Jumamosi [natural native speed]
Louise: Next we have..
Medina: pia [natural native speed]
Louise: also, too
Medina: pia [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Medina: pia [natural native speed]
Louise: Next we have..
Medina: napenda [natural native speed]
Louise: I like.
Medina: napenda [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Medina: napenda [natural native speed]
KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES
Louise: Let's take a closer look at the usage of some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first word is..
Medina: Uwanja wa bustani.
Louise: It literally means “field of garden” or “park”.
Medina: Kenyans love to visit parks with their families and friends, so remember this word when you want to make a weekend plan with your Kenyan friends.
Louise: Talking about weekends, how do you say “weekend” in Swahili?
Medina: That’s mwishoni mwa wiki. Or you could simply say wikendi.
Louise: Okay. What’s the next word?
Medina: Next we have.. kutembea
Louise: Which means “walking” or “strolling.”
Medina: In parks, you can see many people doing kutembea or maybe even kukimbia.
Louise: Which means “running”.
Medina: And once more, kutembea.
Louise: Which means “walking.” Now onto the grammar.

Lesson focus

Louise: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to talk about your plans to go to a place in the future in Swahili.
Medina: In the dialogue, we used the word Tutaenda. Let’s take a look at this word first.
Louise: It can be broken into two parts.
Medina: First, we have Tu- which means “we”. It’s the plural form of the prefix ‘ni’ which means “I.”
Louise: And the other part..?
Medina: Then we have taenda meaning “to go” in the future tense. So all together, Tutaenda means “We will go..”
Louise: Then we need to put the place’s name, right?
Medina: That’s right. For example, Uwanja wa bustani meaning “park.”
Louise: All together, “We will go to the park” will be..
Medina: Tutaenda kwa uwanja wa bustani. This can also be used to mean “Let’s go to the park” as we saw in the dialogue. You might also want to put a word indicating the time, for example, Jumamosi, or “Saturday.”
Louise: You can use this structure to talk about your plans to go to a specific place at a specific time in Swahili.
Medina: That’s right. Or if you want to talk about where “I will go”, you can use the verb nitaenda. Ni is the prefix meaning “I”, so it means “I will go.”
Louise: Listeners, don’t forget you can check the lesson notes to reinforce what you've learned in this lesson.

Outro

Louise: Okay, that’s all for this lesson. Thank you for listening, everyone, and we’ll see you next time! Bye!
Medina: Bye.

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