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"indicative",
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"plural",
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"class-8",
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{
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"object-concord",
"relative",
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},
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"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
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},
{
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"inflection-template"
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},
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"object-concord",
"relative"
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},
{
"form": "-yetafsiri",
"source": "conjugation",
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"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
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},
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"class-2",
"object-concord",
"plural",
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},
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"form": "-otafsiri",
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"class-4",
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"relative",
"singular"
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},
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"class-3",
"class-4",
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},
{
"form": "-lotafsiri",
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"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-yotafsiri",
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},
{
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},
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},
{
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},
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},
{
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},
{
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},
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"form": "Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.",
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"relative"
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},
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},
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},
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"form": "no-table-tags",
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},
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},
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},
{
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},
{
"form": "negative subject concord + -kutafsiri",
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},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
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},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
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},
{
"form": "ninatafsiri",
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},
{
"form": "natafsiri",
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"first-person",
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},
{
"form": "tunatafsiri",
"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
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},
{
"form": "unatafsiri",
"source": "conjugation",
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"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mnatafsiri",
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"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "anatafsiri",
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},
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},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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},
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"form": "sw-conj",
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},
{
"form": "sitafsiri",
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"present",
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},
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"present"
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},
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},
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"form": "no-table-tags",
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},
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},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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},
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]
},
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"singular",
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},
{
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"plural",
"subjunctive"
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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"subjunctive",
"third-person"
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},
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},
{
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"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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},
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},
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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]
},
{
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]
},
{
"form": "natafsiri",
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"gnomic",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "twatafsiri",
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"gnomic",
"plural"
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},
{
"form": "watafsiri",
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"second-person",
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},
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},
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},
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},
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},
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"class-4",
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},
{
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},
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},
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"class-8",
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},
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},
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"class-9",
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},
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"gnomic",
"plural",
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},
{
"form": "watafsiri",
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"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
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"singular",
"third-person"
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},
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"form": "patafsiri",
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"gnomic",
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"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "mwatafsiri",
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"gnomic",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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},
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]
},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -metafsiri",
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},
{
"form": "positive subject concord + -meshatafsiri",
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},
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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},
{
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]
},
{
"form": "-nitafsiri",
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"object-concord",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"object-concord",
"plural"
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},
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"second-person",
"singular"
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},
{
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"object-concord",
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"second-person"
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},
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},
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"object-concord",
"plural",
"second-person"
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},
{
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},
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},
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"tags": [
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"class-4",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-itafsiri",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-litafsiri",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-yatafsiri",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-kitafsiri",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-vitafsiri",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-itafsiri",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-zitafsiri",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-utafsiri",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-kutafsiri",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-patafsiri",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-mutafsiri",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "-jitafsiri",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"object-concord",
"reflexive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tafsiri- + relative marker)",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"object-concord",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafsiriye",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafsirio",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafsirio",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafsiriyo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafsirilo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafsiriyo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafsiricho",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafsirivyo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafsiriyo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafsirizo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafsirio",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafsiriko",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafsiripo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-tafsirimo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tafsiri)",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"object-concord",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-yetafsiri",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-otafsiri",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-1",
"class-2",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-otafsiri",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-yotafsiri",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-3",
"class-4",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-lotafsiri",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-yotafsiri",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-chotafsiri",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-vyotafsiri",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-7",
"class-8",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-yotafsiri",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-zotafsiri",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9",
"object-concord",
"plural",
"relative"
]
},
{
"form": "-otafsiri",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-11",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-kotafsiri",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-15",
"class-17",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-potafsiri",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-16",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-motafsiri",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class-18",
"object-concord",
"relative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sw-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.",
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"object-concord",
"relative"
]
}
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}
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"to translate"
],
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]
},
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"glosses": [
"to explain"
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"explain",
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]
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}
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}
],
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],
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}
Download raw JSONL data for tafsiri meaning in Swahili (18.2kB)
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