Swahili
kadogo
kah-DOH-goh
How to say it
Swahilikadogokah-DOH-gohsoon
Englishtinysoon
Frenchminuscule, infimesoon
Meaning
extremely small or tiny, an emphatic dialectal form of kidogo.
Good to know
emphasizes smallness more strongly than the everyday word kidogo.
Examples
- Alipewa sehemu kadogo tu ya keki.He was given only a tiny piece of cake.
- Mtoto huyo ana mikono kadogo mno.That baby has extremely tiny hands.
- Je, kiasi hicho ni kadogo kwako?Is that amount too small for you?
- Hawakuridhika na malipo kadogo waliyopewa.They were not satisfied with the tiny payment they received.
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