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Polly anapanda basi

Polly's first bus ride: does this bus go downtown, one ticket, how much, where do I get off, next stop, goodbye.

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Je, basi hili linaenda katikati ya mji?

Tikiti moja, tafadhali.

Tikiti moja, tafadhali.

Ni bei gani?

Ni bei gani?

Nishuke wapi?

Nishuke wapi?

Kituo kinachofuata!

Kituo kinachofuata!

Asante! Tutaonana baadaye!

Asante! Tutaonana baadaye!

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