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Hi everyone! I’m Alisha.
Welcome to Conversational Phrases!
We’ve found that the best way to learn a language is to speak it from day one! And the best way to start speaking is to learn phrases that you’ll use in real conversations.
In this lesson, you’ll learn conversational phrases to answer the question, "What are you going to talk about?" After watching this video, you’ll be able to introduce a topic you want to talk about.
Now, let’s take a look at some conversational phrases!
Listen to the dialogue.
Utaenda kuongea kuhusu nini?
Nitaenda kuongea kuhusu hobi zangu.
Once more with the English translation.
Utaenda kuongea kuhusu nini?
“What are you going to talk about?”
Nitaenda kuongea kuhusu hobi zangu.
“I'm going to talk about my hobbies.”
First of all you'll need to learn how to say “What are you going to talk about?”
That's: Utaenda kuongea kuhusu nini?
Listen to it again: Utaenda kuongea kuhusu nini?, Utaenda kuongea kuhusu nini?
“What are you going to talk about?”
This Swahili sentence literally translates as “You are going to talk about what?”
But it means “What are you going to talk about?”.
Now, how do you answer this question?
The pattern is:
Nitaenda kuongea kuhusu [topic].
“I'm going to talk about [topic].”
This Swahili sentence literally translates as “I will go to talk about [topic].”
But it means “I'm going to talk about [topic].”.
For example:
“I'm going to talk about my hobbies.”
Nitaenda kuongea kuhusu hobi zangu., Nitaenda kuongea kuhusu hobi zangu.

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