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MA TENCE – Present Habitual Tense
1. Do you eat rice every day?
Vocabulary
| English | Chichewa |
| (word introducing a question) | Kodi |
| you | mu |
| (present habitual tense) | ma |
| eat | dya |
| rice | mpunga |
| every day | tsiku lililonse |
| Yes | Eee |
| I | ndi |
| No | Ayi |
| Not | si |
*It is possible to omit ’Kodi’ as the word introducing a question.
John
(Kodi) mumadya mpunga tsiku lililonse?
Do you eat rice every day?
Emma
Eee, ndimadya mpunga tsiku lililonse.
Yes, I eat rice every day.
Emma
Ayi, sindimadya mpunga tsiku lililonse.
No, I don’t eat rice every day.
2. Do you go to work at six?
Vocabulary
| English | Chichewa |
| (word introducing a question) | Kodi |
| you | mu |
| (present habitual tense) | ma |
| go | pita |
| to | ku |
| work | ntchito |
| 6 o’clock | 6 koloko |
| Yes | Eee |
| I | ndi |
| No | Ayi |
| Not | si |
John
(Kodi) mumapita ku ntchito 6 koloko?
Do you go to work at six?
Emma
Eee, ndimapita ku ntchito 6 koloko.
Yes, I go to work at six.
Emma
Ayi, sindimapita ku ntchito 6 koloko.
No, I don’t go to work at six.
3. Do you like beer?
Vocabulary
| English | Chichewa |
| (word introducing a question) | Kodi |
| you | mu |
| (present habitual tense) | ma |
| like | konda |
| beer | mowa |
| Yes | Eee |
| I | ndi |
| No | Ayi |
| Not | si |
John
(Kodi) mumakonda mowa?
Do you eat like beer?
Emma
Eee, ndimakonda mowa.
Yes, I like beer.
Emma
Ayi, sindimakonda mowa.
No, I don’t like beer.
4. Do you like to eat fish?
Vocabulary
| English | Chichewa |
| (word introducing a question) | Kodi |
| you | mu |
| (present habitual tense) | ma |
| like | konda |
| to | ku |
| eat | dya |
| fish | nsomba |
| Yes | Eee |
| I | ndi |
| No | Ayi |
| Not | si |
John
(Kodi) mumakonda kudya nsomba?
Do you like to eat fish?
Emma
Eee, ndimakonda kudya nsomba.
Yes, I like to eat fish.
Emma
Ayi, sindimakonda kudya nsomba.
No, I don’t like to eat fish.
5. Does he play football?
Vocabulary
| English | Chichewa |
| (word introducing a question) | Kodi |
| he | a |
| (present habitual tense) | ma |
| play | sewera |
| football | mpira |
| Yes | Eee |
| No | Ayi |
| he doesn’t | sa (x. si-a) |
John
(Kodi) amasewera mpira?
Does he play football?
Emma
Eee, amasewera mpira.
Yes, he plays football.
Emma
Ayi, samasewera mpira.
No, he doesn’t play football.
6. Does Steven play football?
Vocabulary
| English | Chichewa |
| (word introducing a question) | Kodi |
| he | a |
| (present habitual tense) | ma |
| play | sewera |
| football | mpira |
| Yes | Eee |
| No | Ayi |
| he doesn’t | sa (x. si-a) |
*In Chichewa, ‘he’ or ‘she’ is added after the name. ex) Steven, he plays football.
John
(Kodi) Steven amasewera mpira?
Does Steven play football?
Emma
Eee, Steven amasewera mpira.
Yes, Steven plays football.
Emma
Ayi, Steven samasewera mpira.
No, Steven doesn’t play football.
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