Swahili
majasusi
mah-jah-SOO-see
How to say it
Swahilimajasusimah-jah-SOO-seesoon
Englishspiessoon
Frenchespionssoon
Meaning
Spies or secret intelligence agents, considered as a group.
Good to know
plural of jasusi (li-/ma- class, Arabic loan); human referent, takes wa- agreement.
Examples
- Majasusi walifuatilia mikutano ya siri.Spies followed the secret meetings.
- Je, majasusi hao waligunduliwa?Were those spies discovered?
- Nchi hiyo haikuwaamini majasusi wa kigeni.That country did not trust foreign spies.
- Majasusi walitoa taarifa kwa serikali yao.The spies gave reports to their government.
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