"ni" meaning in Swahili

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  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "english": "Mwalimu Nyerere's goal when he resigned from that position was nothing but to strengthen the TANU party to be able to effectively face the responsibilities of independence.",
          "ref": "2022, Muungano wa Tanganyika na Zanzibar: Chimbuko, Misingi na Maendeleo, Serikali ya Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Lengo la Mwalimu Nyerere kujiuzulu nafasi hiyo lilikuwa ni pamoja na kukiimarisha chama cha TANU kuweza kuyakabili vizuri majukumu ya uhuru.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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  "etymology_text": "The use as a focus marker is original. This then acquired a presentative meaning (“it is”), which was finally reanalyzed as a copula.",
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  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
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        "positive degree present and gnomic (all persons, numbers, and classes) of -wa (“to be”)"
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  "word": "ni"
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          "english": "Mwalimu Nyerere's goal when he resigned from that position was nothing but to strengthen the TANU party to be able to effectively face the responsibilities of independence.",
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          "text": "Lengo la Mwalimu Nyerere kujiuzulu nafasi hiyo lilikuwa ni pamoja na kukiimarisha chama cha TANU kuweza kuyakabili vizuri majukumu ya uhuru.",
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  "word": "ni"
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