kalamu

How to say it

Meaning

a writing instrument, a pen or pencil.

Good to know

kalamu ya risasi means 'pencil' (literally 'lead pen'), and kalamu ya wino means 'fountain pen' (literally 'ink pen').

Examples

• Nisaidie kalamu, yangu imekwisha wino.Please lend me a pen, mine has run out of ink.
• Mwanafunzi alichonga kalamu yake ya risasi.The student sharpened his pencil.
• Je, una kalamu ya ziada?Do you have a spare pen?
• Aliandika barua kwa kalamu ya wino.She wrote the letter with a fountain pen.

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