Nimekuwa nikijaribu kwenda kulala kwa masaa mawili.
|||to sleep||hours|two
|||sova||timmar|
||ir a dormir||||
I've been trying to go to sleep for two hours.
J'essaie de m'endormir depuis deux heures.
Lakini sijaweza kufumba macho.
|I have not|close|eyes
|har inte kunnat|att stänga|ögon
|||ojos
But I haven't been able to close my eyes.
Nimekuwa nikifikiria leo.
I have been|I've been thinking|
|har tänkt på|
I've been thinking about today.
Ilikuwa siku yangu ya kwanza katika kazi mpya.
It was|||||||
It was my first day at the new job.
C'était mon premier jour dans un nouvel emploi.
Ninaendelea kujiuliza ikiwa nilifanya kazi nzuri.
"I keep"|ask myself|if|||
Jag fortsätter|fråga mig själv||||
I keep wondering if I did a good job.
Ninajiuliza ikiwa ninaweza kupatana na wafanyikazi wenzangu.
I wonder|||get along with||coworkers|my colleagues
|||||kollegor|mina kollegor
I'm wondering if I can get along with my co-workers.
Mwajiri alisema nilistahili sana kwa kazi hiyo.
employer|said|deserved||||
||var kvalificerad för||||
The recruiter said I was very qualified for the job.
L'employeur a dit que j'étais très qualifié pour le poste.
Ikiwa hiyo ni kweli, ninahisi kama siku ya kwanza inapaswa kuwa rahisi.
If|||true|I feel|||||"should be"||easy
|||sant||||||bör vara||
If that's true, I feel like the first day should have been easier.
Nafikiri labda niandike baadhi ya hisia hizi.
I think|maybe|"I should write"|some of||feelings|these
I am thinking maybe I should write some of these feelings down.
Nikifanya hivyo, labda nitaweza kupata usingizi.
"If I do"|that way|||get|sleep
If I do, perhaps I'll be able to get some sleep.
Hapa kuna hadithi sawa iliyosimuliwa kwa njia tofauti.
Here is the same story told in a different way.
Nilikuwa nikijaribu kupata usingizi kwa saa mbili.
|"was trying to"||sleep|||
|||sueño|||
I had been trying to get to sleep for two hours.
Lakini sikuweza kufumba macho yangu.
|I couldn't|close|eyes|
|Jag kunde inte|||
But I hadn't been able to close my eyes.
Nilikuwa nikifikiria siku hiyo.
I was|||
I had been thinking about that day.
Ilikuwa siku yangu ya kwanza katika kazi mpya.
It was my first day at the new job.
Niliendelea kujiuliza ikiwa nilifanya kazi nzuri.
I continued|ask myself|if|||good
I kept wondering if I did a good job.
Nilikuwa nikijiuliza ikiwa nitaweza kupatana na wafanyakazi wenzangu.
|I was wondering|||get along with||work colleagues|
|jag undrade|||||kollegor|
I was wondering if I was going to be able to get along with my co-workers.
Mwajiri alisema nilikuwa na sifa za kufanya kazi hiyo.
Employer||||qualifications||||
||||kvalifikationer||||
The recruiter had said I was very qualified for the job.
Ikiwa hiyo ilikuwa kweli, siku ya kwanza kwenye kazi inapaswa kuwa rahisi.
|||true||||||||
If that were true, the first day on the job should have been easier.
Nilifikiri niandike baadhi ya hisia.
||some||feelings
I thought I should write some of the feelings down.
Nilihisi kwamba ikiwa ningefanya hivyo, labda ningeweza kupata usingizi.
I felt that|||I would do|||||
Jag kände att||||||||
I felt that if I did, perhaps I would be able to get some sleep.
Maswali:
Questions:
Moja: Nimekuwa nikijaribu kwenda kulala kwa saa mbili.
||||||hours|two
One: I've been trying to go to sleep for two hours.
Umekuwa ukijaribu kulala kwa muda gani?
"Have you been"||||time period|how long
How long have you been trying to go to sleep?
Nimekuwa nikijaribu kwenda kulala kwa masaa mawili.
|"have been trying"||||hours|
I've been trying to go to sleep for two hours.
Mbili: Sijaweza kufumba macho.
|I couldn't||
Two: I haven't been able to close my eyes.
Hujaweza kufanya nini?
What can't you?||
What haven't you been able to do?
Qu'est-ce que tu n'as pas pu faire ?
Nimeshindwa kufumba macho.
I can't sleep.||
Jag kan inte||
I haven't been able to close my eyes.
Tatu: Nimekuwa nikifikiria leo.
Three: I've been thinking about today.
Umekuwa ukifikiria nini?
|"thinking about"|
|Vad har du tänkt?|
What have you been thinking about?
Nimekuwa nikifikiria leo.
I have been||
I've been thinking about today.
Nne: Huwa najiuliza ikiwa nilifanya kazi nzuri.
Four||I ask myself|if|||
Four: I keep wondering if I did a good job.
Unaendelea kujiuliza nini?
"Are you continuing"||
What do you keep wondering?
Ninaendelea kujiuliza ikiwa nilifanya kazi nzuri.
I keep wondering if I did a good job.
Tano: Unashangaa kama unaweza kupatana na wafanyakazi wenzako.
|You wonder|if, whether||get along||coworkers|your colleagues
|Du undrar||||||
Five: You're wondering if you can get along with your co-workers.
Unamshangaa nani?
Who amazes you?|who
Vem förvånar dig?|
Who are you wondering about?
Par qui êtes-vous surpris ?
Ninajiuliza ikiwa ninaweza kupatana na wafanyikazi wenzangu.
I'm wondering if I can get along with my co-workers.
Sita: Mwajiri alisema umehitimu sana kwa kazi hiyo.
|||qualified||||
|||är kvalificerad||||
Six: The recruiter said you were very qualified for the job.
Nani kasema umehitimu sana?
|said||
Who said you were very qualified?
Mwajiri alisema nilistahili sana kwa kazi hiyo.
||deserved||||
The recruiter said I was very qualified for the job.
Saba: Unahisi kama siku ya kwanza inapaswa kuwa rahisi.
seven|You feel|||||||easy, simple
Seven: You feel like the first day should have been easier.
Unafikiri siku ya kwanza ilipaswa kujisikiaje?
You think||||"was supposed to"|feel like
||||borde ha känts|känna sig som
How do you think the first day should have felt?
Ninahisi kama siku ya kwanza inapaswa kuwa rahisi.
I feel|||||||
I feel like the first day should have been easier.
Nane: Ulifikiri unapaswa kuandika baadhi ya hisia hizi.
|"Did you think"||||||these feelings
||||algunas de las|||
Eight: You thought you should write some of these feelings down.
Ulifikiri unapaswa kufanya nini?
What did you think you should do?
Nilifikiri niandike baadhi ya hisia hizi.
|I should write|||feelings|
I thought I should write some of these feelings down.