Sukuru

Grandfather. Synonym: sokoro

e.g.

Sukuru wane okuoku kwae kumeru .

Sokoro wane no omuaani.

My grandfather is kind.

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Suba

-ruru

Bitter

e.g.

Omuthi eratharukia eruru.

Eriogo eratharukia eriruru.

The medicine tastes bitter.

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Tupe tupate, tumtupie Tapu.

Swahili (Kenya)

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Translation: Give (it) to us so we can have (it) in order to pass (it) on to Tapu.

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Suba

Ovunyoou

Soft

e.g.

Eripiro gavanga ovunyoou okugonerea.

The pillow was soft to sleep on.

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1937 — Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the border region of the Dominican Republic.
1955 — The Moroccan National Liberation Army is established.
1967 — Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court.
1992 — Military police storm the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil during a prison riot, leaving 111 prisoners dead.

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Nigerian Pidgin

Been

Indicates past tense

Breakdown: Been is commonly used for past tense. Adding it to a verb turns the verb into past tense. Eg "dey" represents is/am/are, was/were now becomes "been dey"

e.g.

I been dey sleep when you been call me

I was asleep when you called me

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