sarufi

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Meaning

The rules of a language that govern how words change and are put together into sentences, and the study of those rules.

Good to know

N class noun, the plural is also sarufi: sarufi ya Kiswahili, Swahili grammar; makosa ya sarufi, grammar mistakes. From Arabic; a school subject beside msamiati, vocabulary.

Examples

• Mwalimu alisahihisha makosa ya sarufi katika insha yangu.The teacher corrected the grammar mistakes in my essay.
• Sarufi ya Kiswahili inategemea ngeli za nomino.Swahili grammar is based on noun classes.
• Kitabu hiki kinafundisha sarufi kwa njia rahisi.This book teaches grammar in a simple way.

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