Hivyo unamaanisha kuwa wameishi pamoja kwa nusu mwaka?
So|you mean|that|they have lived|together|for|half|year
Do you mean they have lived together for half a year?
Basi wao ni wapenzi.
So|they|are|lovers
They must be boyfriend and girlfriend.
Sijui, Ndugu yako aliacha lini kukuandikia?
I don't know|Your brother|your|left|when|to write to you
I have no idea, When did your brother stop writing to you?
Ni wiki chache tu tangu alipoacha kuniandikia.
It is|weeks|few|only|since|he stopped|writing to me
It has only been a few weeks since he stopped writing.
Unaona?
Do you see
You see?
Huyu msichana sio sababu yeye aliacha kukuandikia barua pepe.
This|girl|is not|reason|she|stopped|writing to you|letter|email
It is not because of this girl that he stopped writing emails to you.
Hiyo ni kweli nadhani.
That|is|true|I think
That is true, I guess.
Aliniandikia mara kwa mara hadi wiki chache zilizopita.
He/she wrote to me|often|for|time|until|week|few|weeks
He wrote to me regularly until a few weeks ago.
Kwa nini aliacha basi?
Why|did he/she|leave|the bus
So why did he stop then?
Hebu tujaribu kuchunguza kilichotokea.
let us|try|to investigate|what happened
Well let's try to figure out what happened.
Alikutumia barua pepe kwa mara ngapi?
He sent you|email|mail|for|time|how many
How often did he email you?
Hilo ni ngumu kusema.
That|is|hard|to say
That is hard to say.
Aliandika mara nyingi sana.
He wrote|times|often|very
He wrote quite often.
Je, Wewe ulijibu kila wakati?
question particle|You|answered|every|time
Did you always answer him?
Wakati wote nilijaribu kumjibu kwa haraka iwezekanavyo.
Whenever|all|I tried|to answer him|as|quickly|possible
I have always tried to answer him as soon as possible.
Lakini ni mara ngapi hukumjibu?
But|is|times|how many|did you not answer him
But how many times did you not answer him?
Ilitegemea na kiasi cha kazi niliyokuwa nayo.
It depended|on|amount|of|work|I had|it
It depended on how much work I had to do.
Uliandika kwa barua pepe kila wakati?
You always wrote by email?
Ndio, tuliendelea kuwasiliana kwa barua pepe.
Yes|we continued|to communicate|via|email|email
Yes we kept in touch by email.
Sikuhitaji kujua ambapo aliishi.
I didn't need|to know|where|he lived
I did not need to know where he lived.
Ulipokea barua pepe ngapi kutoka kwake kila mwezi?
Did you receive|letter|email|how many|from|him|every|month
How many emails did you get from him every month?
Nilipata barua nyingi kila mwezi.
I received|letters|many|every|month
I got lots of email every month.
Nilifurahi kila wakati nilipata barua pepe zake.
I was happy|every|time|I received|email|mail|his/her
I was always excited to get his emails.
Mbona hukujaribu kumtembelea mbeleni?
why|didn't you try|to visit him|earlier
Why did you not try to visit him before?
Nilikuwa na shughuli.
I was|with|busy
I was busy.
Na zaidi ya hayo, nilidhani bado alikuwa shuleni.
And|more|of|that|I thought|still|he was|at school
Besides, I thought he was still away at school.
