LingQ Mini Stories, 58 - Kitavi na Waveti Wanafurahia Kwenda Nje

Kitavi na Waveti wanafurahia kwenda nje kwa chakula cha jioni na marafiki. Kitavi||Waveti: The Waveti|"enjoy"||outside||||||friends Kitavi||Waveti: Waveti|gläds åt|||||||| Kitavi||||||||||| Sam and Betty enjoy going out for dinner with friends. Kitavi et Vaveti aiment sortir dîner avec des amis.

Wanafurahia kuwa na glasi moja au mbili za divai pamoja na mlo wao wanapokula nje. |||glass|one||two||wine|with||meal||"when they eat"| They enjoy having a glass or two of wine with their meal when they eat out. Ils aiment prendre un verre ou deux de vin avec leur repas au restaurant.

Kwa sababu hiyo, ni muhimu kwao kufikiria jinsi watakavyorudi nyumbani baada ya chakula cha jioni. ||||important|"for them"|to think|how|"they will return"|||||| ||||||||hur de återvänder|||||| For that reason, it is important for them to think about how they are going to get home after dinner. C’est pourquoi il est important qu’ils réfléchissent à la manière dont ils rentreront chez eux après le dîner.

Kawaida huendesha gari lao hadi kwenye mgahawa, au mahali pa marafiki zao, kwa sababu ni ghali sana kuchukua teksi. Usually|drive|car|their car|up to||restaurant||place|place of||"their"||||too expensive||take|taxi |kör|||till|||||||||||||| They usually drive their car to the restaurant, or to their friends' place, because it is too expensive to take a taxi. Ils conduisent généralement leur voiture jusqu'à un restaurant ou chez leurs amis, car prendre un taxi coûte trop cher.

Kwa kawaida wao huamua mapema ni nani atakayeendesha gari hadi nyumbani, kwa kuwa mtu anayeendesha gari nyumbani hawezi kuwa na divai yoyote. |||"decide"|early||who|will drive||up to|||||who drives|||cannot||||any |||beslutar sig||||som ska köra|||||||som kör||||||| They usually decide ahead of time who is going to drive home, since the person who drives home can't have had any wine.

Wakati mwingine wanajua kuwa itakuwa ngumu kukataa kunywa na wageni wengine, kwa mfano ikiwa marafiki wanasherehekea tukio kama siku ya kuzaliwa. |another||that|"it will be"|difficult|to refuse|||guests|others||for example|if||are celebrating|event or occasion||||birthday ||||||vägra|||gäster|||till exempel|||firar|händelse|||| Sometimes they know that it will be difficult to refuse to drink with the other guests, for example if friends are celebrating an event like a birthday.

Katika kesi hiyo, wanapaswa kufanya mipangilio mingine. In|case||||arrangements|other |I det fallet||||andra arrangemang| In those cases, they have to make other arrangements. Dans ce cas, ils devraient prendre d’autres dispositions.

Suluhu moja ni kwenda pamoja na marafiki wengine wanaoishi karibu, ambao mmoja wao atalazimika kukubaliana kutokunywa. solution||||together||||who live|||||will have to|agreeing not to drink|not drinking Lösning||||||||bor nära||som en av||||gå med på|att avstå från att dricka |||||||||||||||no beber One solution is to go together with other friends who live nearby, one of whom will have to agree not to drink. Une solution est d'y aller avec des amis qui habitent à proximité, dont l'un devra s'engager à ne pas boire.

Daima ni muhimu kuwa na marafiki ambao hawakunywi kabisa. always||important||||who do not|do not drink|at all |||||||no beben|nunca It is always useful to have friends who simply do not drink at all.

Watu kama hao wanahitajika kila wakati kama madereva walioteuliwa. people||such|are needed||||designated drivers|designated drivers |||behövs|||||utsedda Such people are always in demand as designated drivers.

Hali bora zaidi ya yote ni wakati karamu ya chakula cha jioni iko ndani ya umbali wa kutembea. condition|||||||feast||||||||walking distance||walking distance The best situation of all is when the dinner party is within walking distance. La meilleure situation est lorsque le dîner est à distance de marche.

Kwa bahati mbaya, si mara nyingi katika miji mikubwa. |unfortunately|||||||big cities ||||||||stora städer ||||||||grandes Unfortunately, that is not often the case in large cities. Malheureusement, pas souvent dans les grandes villes.

Hapa kuna hadithi sawa iliyosimuliwa kwa njia tofauti. Here is the same story told in a different way.

Tulikuwa tukifurahia kwenda kula chakula cha jioni na marafiki tulipokuwa tukiishi katika jiji kubwa. |"we enjoyed"||||||||we were|we lived||| |höll på att njuta||||||||när vi bodde|||| We used to enjoy going out for dinner with friends when we lived in the big city.

Tulifurahia kuwa na glasi moja au mbili za divai pamoja na mlo wetu tulipokula nje. We enjoyed||||||||wine|||||we ate outside|outside We enjoyed having a glass or two of wine with our meal when we ate out.

Kwa sababu hiyo, ilitubidi kufikiria jinsi tungeenda nyumbani baada ya chakula cha jioni. |||we had to|to think about|how|"we would go"|||||| ||||||||||||cena For that reason, we had to think about how we were going to get home after dinner. À cause de cela, nous avons dû trouver comment nous allions rentrer à la maison après le dîner.

Kwa kawaida tuliendesha gari letu hadi kwenye mkahawa, au kwa marafiki zetu, kwa sababu ilikuwa ghali sana kuchukua teksi. ||we drove||our car|until||||||our friends||||||| We usually drove our car to the restaurant, or to our friends' place, because it was too expensive to take a taxi.

Kila mara tuliamua mapema ni nani angeenda nyumbani kwa gari, kwa kuwa mtu aliyeendesha gari nyumbani hakuweza kuwa na divai yoyote. |||early|||would go|||||||who drove|||could not have|||| |||||||||||||som körde||||||| We always decided ahead of time who was going to drive home, since the person who drove home couldn't have any wine.

Wakati fulani tulijua kwamba itakuwa vigumu kukataa kunywa na wageni wengine, kwa mfano ikiwa marafiki walikuwa wakisherehekea tukio kama sikukuu ya kuzaliwa. |some time|we knew||||to refuse||||||||||were celebrating|event||birthday party|| ||||||||||||||||firade||||| Sometimes we knew that it would be difficult to refuse to drink with the other guests, for example if friends were celebrating an event like a birthday.

Katika hali hizo, tulilazimika kufanya mipango mingine. |||we had to||other plans|other plans In those cases, we had to make other arrangements.

Suluhu moja lilikuwa kwenda pamoja na marafiki wengine walioishi karibu, ambao mmoja wao angelazimika kukubaliana kutokunywa. One solution||||||||who lived nearby|||||would have to|agree not to|not to drink ||||||||bodde nära||||||| |||||||||||||||no beber One solution was to go together with other friends who lived nearby, one of whom would have to agree not to drink. Une solution était d'aller avec des amis qui habitaient à proximité, dont l'un s'engageait à ne pas boire.

Niliona inafaa kuwa na marafiki ambao hawakunywa kabisa. I saw|"was appropriate"|||||did not drink|at all |passade sig bäst|||||| ||||||no beben|completamente I found it useful to have friends who didn't drink at all.

Watu kama hao walikuwa wakihitaji kila wakati kama madereva walioteuliwa. ||||"were needing"||||designated drivers|designated drivers ||||behövde alltid||||| Such people were always in demand as designated drivers.

Hali nzuri zaidi ya yote ilikuwa wakati karamu ya chakula cha jioni ilikuwa ndani ya umbali wa kutembea. Condition||||all|||feast or party||||||||walking distance||walking distance The best situation of all was when the dinner party was within walking distance.

Kwa bahati mbaya, haikuwa hivyo mara nyingi katika jiji kubwa. |unfortunately||"was not"|||||| |||var det inte|||||| ||||||||ciudad| Unfortunately, that was not often the case in the big city. Kwa hivyo tulihamia mji mdogo na sasa tunatumia wakati mwingi na majirani zetu. ||we moved to|||||we spend||a lot of||neighbors| Para|||||||||||| So we moved to a small town and we now spend more time with our neighbours.

Maswali: Questions:

Moja: Kitavi na Waveti hufurahia kuwa na glasi moja au mbili za divai pamoja na mlo wao wanapokula nje. |Kitavi: Kitavi|||enjoy||||||||wine|||||"when they eat"| ||||njuter av|||||||||||||| One: Sam and Betty enjoy having a glass or two of wine with their meal when they eat out.

Je, wanafurahia glasi ngapi za mvinyo na mlo wao wanapokula nje? |||||wine||meal||| |||cuántas||||||| How many glasses of wine do they enjoy with their meal when they eat out?

Wanafurahia kuwa na glasi moja au mbili za divai pamoja na mlo wao wanapokula nje. They enjoy having a glass or two of wine with their meal when they eat out.

Mbili: Kwa sababu hiyo, ni muhimu kwao kufikiria jinsi watakavyorudi nyumbani baada ya chakula cha jioni. ||||||"for them"|||they will return|||||| |||||||||cómo volverán|||||| Two: For that reason, it is important for them to think about how they are going to get home after dinner.

Ni nini muhimu kwa Kitavi na Waveti kufikiria? What is it important for Sam and Betty to think about?

Ni muhimu kwao kufikiria jinsi watakavyorudi nyumbani baada ya chakula cha jioni. |||||they will return|||||| It's important for them to think about how they are going to get home after dinner.

Tatu: Kawaida huendesha gari lao hadi kwenye mgahawa, au mahali pa marafiki zao, kwa sababu ni ghali sana kuchukua teksi. |Usually|drive||their car|up to||||place|place of||||||||| Three: They usually drive their car to the restaurant, or to their friends' place, because it is too expensive to take a taxi. Troisièmement : ils conduisent généralement leur voiture pour aller au restaurant ou chez leurs amis, car prendre un taxi coûte trop cher.

Kwa nini hawachukui teksi? ||"don't take"| ||tar de inte| Why don't they take a taxi?

Kwa sababu ni ghali sana kuchukua teksi. Because it's too expensive to take a taxi.

Nne: Kwa kawaida huamua mapema ni nani ataendesha gari nyumbani. |||"decides"|early||who|will drive|| |||||||ska köra|| Four: They usually decide ahead of time who is going to drive home.

Wanaamua nini kabla ya wakati? What do they decide ahead of time?

Kawaida huamua mapema ni nani atakayeendesha gari nyumbani. |||||who will drive|| They usually decide ahead of time who is going to drive home.

Tano: Wakati fulani tulijua kwamba itakuwa vigumu kukataa kunywa pamoja na wageni wengine. |||||||refuse||||| Five: Sometimes we knew that it would be difficult to refuse to drink with the other guests.

Je, tulifikiri itakuwa rahisi au vigumu kukataa kunywa na wageni wengine? |we thought||||||||| |||||||beber||| Did we think it would be easy or difficult to refuse to drink with other guests? Pensions-nous qu'il serait facile ou difficile de refuser de boire avec d'autres invités ?

Tulijua kuwa itakuwa ngumu kukataa kunywa na wageni wengine. You knew that it would be difficult to refuse to drink with other guests.

Sita: Katika hali hizo, tulilazimika kufanya mipango mingine. ||||||plans| Six: In those cases, we had to make other arrangements.

Tulipaswa kufanya nini katika kesi hizo? What should we||||case| What did we have to do in those cases? Que devons-nous faire dans ces cas-là ?

Ilibidi tufanye mipango mingine katika kesi hizo. We had to|"we make"|plans|||| |vi var tvungna||||| You had to make other arrangements in those cases.

Saba: Niliona inafaa kuwa na marafiki ambao hawakunywa kabisa. ||is appropriate||||||at all |||||||no beben| Seven: I found it useful to have friends who didn't drink at all. Septième : je trouvais utile d'avoir des amis qui ne buvaient pas du tout.

Je, ni marafiki wa aina gani ambao niliona ni muhimu kuwa nao? |||||What kind||||||"to have" What kinds of friends did I find it useful to have?

Niliona ni muhimu kuwa na marafiki ambao hawakunywa kabisa. |||||||no beben| You found it useful to have friends who didn't drink at all.

Nane: Watu kama hao walikuwa wakihitajika kila wakati kama madereva walioteuliwa. |||such||were needed|every|||drivers|designated drivers |||||behövdes||||| Eight: Such people were always in demand as designated drivers. Huit : De telles personnes ont toujours été nécessaires comme conducteurs désignés.

Watu kama hao walikuwa wakihitaji nini kila wakati? ||such people||||| What were such people always in demand as?

Watu kama hao walikuwa wakihitaji kila wakati kama madereva walioteuliwa. Such people were always in demand as designated drivers.