Wakati wa kuitumia
Mwishoni mwa mlo mgahawani, kumwomba mhudumu kwa adabu akuletee bili.
“Naomba uniletee bili, tafadhali.” · Sentensi kwa Kiswahili
Katika “Naomba uniletee bili, tafadhali.”, ombi linaanza na ‘Naomba’ (I ask). Kitenzi ‘uniletee’ kina sehemu tatu ndani yake: ‘u-’ (wewe), ‘-ni-’ (mimi) na ‘-letee’ (lete kwa ajili ya), katika hali ya tamanio.
- Naomba
- kitenziomba · nafsi: ya kwanza umoja · wakati: uliopo (-a-) · 'n(i)-' + '-a-' + 'omba' = ninaomba; ombi la heshima
- uniletee
- kitenzileta · nafsi: ya pili umoja · hali: tamanio (-e) · 'u-' (wewe) + '-ni-' (mimi) + 'letea' + '-e': uniletee
- bili
- nomino'bili' = bill, kutoka Kiingereza
- tafadhali
- kielezi'tafadhali' = please, neno la heshima
“Could you bring the bill, please?” · Sentensi kwa Kiingereza
Kwa Kiingereza, ‘Could’ ni laini kuliko ‘can’ na inakuja kabla ya ‘you’. ‘please’ inamaliza ombi.
- Could
- kitenzi kisaidizican · umbo: masharti (adabu) · umbo la heshima la 'can'
- you
- kiwakilishikiwakilishi 'you' = wewe
- bring
- kitenzibring · umbo: umbo la msingi (bila "to") · kitenzi kikuu 'bring' = leta
- the
- kibainishikibainishi 'the'
- bill
- nominonomino 'bill' = bili
- please
- kielezineno la heshima 'please' = tafadhali
Kinachobadilika kutoka lugha moja hadi nyingine · Kiswahili × Kiingereza
Kiingereza kinatumia maneno mengi tofauti (‘Could you bring the bill’); Kiswahili kinaweka wewe, mimi na kitendo ndani ya neno moja, ‘uniletee’.
Mfano wa mazungumzo
— Could you bring the bill, please?
— Naomba uniletee bili, tafadhali.
— Of course, I'll bring it now.
— Sawa, naileta sasa hivi.