nasab

relative, kin

Where it comes from

Arabic nasab (lineage), Turkish nesep, Urdu/Hindi nasab, Swahili nasaba

Group

People

First taught

Lesson 24

In the published corpus

4 of the 1321 glossed sentence pairs use it. Only the sentences that carry an English translation are in the corpus, and it is the measure you can check for yourself.

Looked up in English as

kin, relative

More than one

nasab-nasab — the noun said twice, joined by a hyphen. Nothing is added and nothing inside the word changes, so nothing can become irregular. The rule.

Sentences that use it.

Every one written by hand and checked against the rules. Shortest first.

• Nasab mi espera sini.My relative waits here.texts/text-17-tren-aur-farasi
• Nasab mi in madina itu.My relatives are in that city.lessons/lesson-24-the-table-and-the-city
• Nasab mi rabota in hospital.My relative works at a hospital.lessons/lesson-24-the-table-and-the-city
• Mama respon: "Ta es nasab yu. Ta suda hidup sini."The mother answers: "She is your relative. She lived here."texts/text-21-uan-umur

You can also put English in and get Amadunia out, or take the whole corpus as a file.

The rest of the shelf.

• anakchild
• dugusibling — no gender
• familiafamily
• insanperson, human
• kisanfarmer
• kitawe, including you — see grammar/pronouns.md
• mamamother
• miI, me
• mualimteacher
• namaname
• papafather
• polisipolice

All 300 roots, or the source table.