LingQ Mini Stories, 55 - Nyumba Mpya

Mumbua na Wambua wangependa kununua nyumba mpya kwa sababu watoto wao wawili wanakua. Mumbua|and|Wambua|would like|to buy|house|new|for|reason|children|their|two|are growing Sally and George would like to buy a new home because their two children are growing. Mumbua et Wambua aimeraient acheter une nouvelle maison car leurs deux enfants grandissent.

Kwa bahati mbaya, imekuwa vigumu kununua nyumba mpya kwa sababu gharama ya makazi imepanda kwa kasi zaidi kuliko mapato ya watu. Unfortunately|luck|bad|it has been|difficult|to buy|house|new|for|reason||of|housing|has risen|by|rate|more|than|income|of|people Unfortunately, it has become difficult to buy a new home because the cost of housing has risen faster than people's incomes.

Ili kuweza kununua nyumba mpya, wamekuwa wakihifadhi pesa kwa miaka. In order to|be able to|buy|house|new|they have been|saving|money|for|years In order to be able to buy a new home, they have been saving money for years. Pour pouvoir acheter une nouvelle maison, ils ont économisé de l’argent depuis des années.

Ikiwa wanataka kununua nyumba ya familia moja, watalazimika kuishi mbali na jiji. If|they want|to buy|house|of|family|single|they will have to|to live|far|from|city If they want to buy a single-family house, they would have to live far from the city. S’ils veulent acheter une maison unifamiliale, ils devront habiter loin de la ville.

Hii ingemaanisha safari ndefu kwenda kazini kwao wote wawili. This|would mean|journey|long|to work|at work|their|both|two This would mean a long commute to their jobs for both of them.

Waliangalia maghorofa lakini haya yalikuwa madogo sana au katika vitongoji hawapendi. They looked at|apartments|but|these|were|small|very|or|in|suburbs|they do not like They looked at apartments but these were either too small or in neighbourhoods they don't like.

Wanatambua kwamba ingawa wote wawili wanafanya kazi kwa bidii na hawatumii pesa bila hekima, bado hawawezi kumudu nyumba wanavyotaka. They realize|that|although|both|two|work|hard|with|diligence|and|they do not spend|money|without|wisdom|still|they cannot|afford|house|as they want They realize that even though they both work hard and don't spend money unwisely, they still can't afford the home that they want.

Walifikiri, wakati fulani, ya kukodisha nyumba, lakini kwa kweli walihisi walitaka kumiliki nyumba yao wenyewe. They thought|at some|time|of|renting|house|but|in|reality|they felt|they wanted|to own|house|their|own They thought, at one point, of renting a home, but really felt they wanted to own their own home.

Hatimaye waliamua kuhamia mji mdogo. Finally|they decided|to move to|city|small Finally they decided to move to a smaller town.

Wanahisi wanaweza kuishi maisha rahisi huko na kufurahia maisha bora ya familia. They feel|they can|live|life|easy|there|and|enjoy|life|better|of|family They feel they can live a simpler life there and enjoy a better family life.

Hapa kuna hadithi sawa iliyosimuliwa kwa njia tofauti. Here|there is|story|same|told|in|way|different Here is the same story told in a different way.

Tulitaka kununua nyumba mpya kwa sababu watoto wetu wawili walikuwa wakubwa. We wanted|to buy|house|new|for|reason|children|our|two|they were|grown up We had wanted to buy a new home because our two children had grown older.

Kwa bahati mbaya, ilikuwa vigumu kununua nyumba mpya kwa sababu gharama ya nyumba ilikuwa imepanda kwa kasi zaidi kuliko mapato yetu. Unfortunately|luck|bad|it was|difficult|to buy|house|new|because|reason||of|house|it was|increased|at|rate|more|than|income|our Unfortunately, it had become difficult to buy a new home because the cost of housing had risen faster than our incomes.

Ili tuweze kununua nyumba mpya, tumekuwa tukihifadhi pesa kwa miaka mingi. In order to|we can|buy|house|new|we have|been saving|money|for|years|many In order to be able to buy a new home, we had been saving money for years.

Ikiwa tungetaka kununua nyumba ya familia moja, tungelazimika kuishi mbali na jiji. If|we wanted|to buy|house|of|family|single|we would have to|live|far|from|the city If we had wanted to buy a single-family house, we would have had to live far from the city.

Hii ingemaanisha safari ndefu kwa kazi zetu kwa sisi sote. This|would mean|journey|long|for|work|our|for|us|all This would have meant a long commute to our jobs for both of us.

Tulikuwa tumeangalia vyumba lakini haya yalikuwa madogo sana au katika vitongoji ambavyo hatukupenda. We were|looking at|rooms|but|these|were|small|very|or|in|neighborhoods|which|we did not like We had looked at apartments but these were either too small or in neighbourhoods we didn't like.

Tuligundua kwamba ingawa sote wawili tulifanya kazi kwa bidii na hatukutumia pesa vibaya, bado hatukuweza kumudu nyumba tuliyotaka. We discovered|that|although|both|two|we did|work|with|hard|and|we did not spend|money|badly|still|we could not|afford|house|we wanted We realized that even though we both worked hard and didn't spend money unwisely, we still couldn't afford the home that we wanted.

Tulifikiria, wakati fulani, ya kukodisha nyumba, lakini kwa kweli tulihisi tunapendelea kumiliki nyumba yetu wenyewe. We thought|at one time|some|about|renting|house|but|in|reality|we felt|we prefer|owning|house|our|own We had thought, at one point, of renting a home, but really felt we preferred to own our own home.

Hatimaye tuliamua kuhamia mji mdogo. Finally|we decided|to move|city|small Finally we decided to move to a smaller town.

Tulihisi tunaweza kuishi maisha rahisi huko na kufurahia maisha bora ya familia. We felt|we could|live|life|simple|there|and|enjoy|life|better|of|family We felt we could live a simpler life there and enjoy a better family life.

Maswali: Questions Questions:

Moja: Mumbua na Wambua wanataka kununua nyumba mpya kwa sababu watoto wao wawili wanakua. One|Mumbua|and|Wambua|want|to buy|house|new|for|reason|children||two|are growing One: Sally and George want to buy a new home because their two children are growing.

Kwa nini Mumbua na Wambua wanataka kununua nyumba mpya? Why|question particle|Mumbua|and|Wambua|want|to buy|house|new Why do Sally and George want to buy a new home?

Wanataka kununua nyumba mpya kwa sababu watoto wao wanakua. They want|to buy|house|new|for|reason|children|their|are growing They want to buy a new home because their children are growing.

Mbili: Wamekuwa wakihifadhi pesa kwa miaka. Two|They have been|saving|money|for|years Two: They have been saving money for years.

Mumbua na Wambua wamekuwa wakiokoa pesa kwa muda gani? Mumbua|and|Wambua|have been|saving|money|for|time|how long How long have Sally and George been saving money?

Wamekuwa wakihifadhi pesa kwa miaka. They have been|saving|money|for|years They have been saving money for years.

Tatu: Ikiwa wanataka kununua nyumba ya familia moja, watalazimika kuishi mbali na jiji. Tatu|If|they want|to buy|house|of|family|single|they will have to|to live|far|from|city Three: If they want to buy a single-family house, they would have to live far from the city.

Nini kingetokea ikiwa wangenunua nyumba ya familia moja? What|would happen|if|they would buy|house|of|family|one What would happen if they were to buy a single-family house?

Wangelazimika kuishi mbali na jiji. They would have to|live|far|from|the city They would have to live far from the city.

Nne: Waliangalia maghorofa lakini haya yalikuwa madogo sana au katika vitongoji hawakupenda. Four|They looked at|apartments|but|these|were|small|very|or|in|suburbs|they did not like Four: They looked at apartments but these were either too small or in neighbourhoods they didn't like.

Kwa nini hawakupenda vyumba walivyotazama? Why|not|they liked|the rooms|they viewed Why don't they like the apartments they looked at?

Hawapendi vyumba walivyotazama kwa sababu vilikuwa vidogo sana au katika vitongoji ambavyo hawakuvipenda They don't like|the rooms|they looked at|for|reason|they were|small|very|or|in|neighborhoods|which|they didn't like They don't like the apartments they looked at because they were either too small or in neighbourhoods they didn't like

Tano: Walitaka kununua nyumba mpya kwa sababu watoto wao wawili walikuwa wakubwa. Five|They wanted|to buy|house|new|for|reason|children|their|two|they were|grown up Five: We had wanted to buy a new home because our two children had grown older.

Walitaka kufanya nini? What had we wanted to do?

Walitaka kununua nyumba mpya kwa sababu watoto wao wawili walikuwa wakubwa. They wanted|to buy|house|new|for|reason|children||two|they were|big You had wanted to buy a new home because your two children had grown older.

Sita: Walikuwa na mawazo, wakati fulani, ya kukodisha nyumba. |They were|with|ideas|at the time|some|of|renting|house Six: We had thought, at one point, of renting a home.

Walifikiria nini wakati mmoja? They thought|what|at the time| What had we thought about at one point?

Walikuwa wamefikiria, wakati mmoja, kuhusu kukodisha nyumba. They had|thought|at one|time|about|renting|house You had thought, at one point, about renting a home.

Saba: Kwa kweli walihisi wanapendelea kumiliki nyumba yao wenyewe. Seven|To|truly|they felt|they preferred|to own|house|| Seven: We really felt we preferred to own our own home.

Je, walihisi wanapendelea kumiliki nini? What did we feel we preferred to own?

Walihisi wanapendelea kumiliki nyumba yao wenyewe. They felt|they preferred|to own|house|| You felt you preferred to own your own home.

Nane: Hatimaye waliamua kuhamia mji mdogo. Eight|Finally|they decided|to move|city|small Eight: Finally we decided to move to a smaller town.

Waliamua nini hatimaye? What did we finally decide?

Hatimaye waliamua kuhamia mji mdogo. Finally|they decided|to move|city|small You finally decided to move to a smaller town.