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Karibu, Habari yako? Ninatasema kidogo kuhusu siku zangu katika Tanzania. Mara kwa mara niliamka kati ya saa kumi na mbili na saa kumi na moja. Ninapoamka asubuhi, pengine ninasoma lakini, kwa kawaida ninaoga na kula chakula cha asubuhi. Baada ya chakula cha asubuhi, nina kwenda dasarani saa mbili kamili mpaka saa tisa na nusu. Wanafunzi wanajifunza Kiswahili saa mbilli mpaka saa nne halafu wana pumzika na kunywa chai kwa dakika thelathini. Tunajifunza mpaka saa sita na nusu halafu tunakula chakula cha mchana kwa saa moja. Tunarudi dasarani saa saba na nusu na tunajifunza mpaka saa tisa na nusu. Baada ya tunajifunza, kwa kawaida tunakwenda mjini kutumia internet au nunua chakula sokoni. Chakula cha usiku saa moja halafu tunapumzika au tunakwenda "Dragonaire" Baa karibu hotel wetu kunywa bia baridi!

Translated:

Welcome! How are you? I am going to tell you a little about my days in Tanzania. Everyday I wake up between 6 and 7 o'clock in the morning. When I wake up in the morning, sometimes I read but usually I shower and go to breakfast. After breakfast I go to class from 8 o'clock until 3:30 in the afternoon. The students study from 8 until 10 and then we rest and drink tea for thirty minutes. We study until half past 12 and then we eat lunch for one hour. We return to class at 1:30 and we study until 3:30. After we study we usually go into town to use the internet or to buy food in the market. We eat dinner at 7 and then we rest or we go to the "Dragonaire" bar near our hotel to drink cold beers!

Its becoming a little bit easier to write and to speak Kiswahili. Writing and speaking in class is one thing but when I'm in town speaking with the locals, it is still hard to communicate and especially understand what people say. It is easy to greet people, which is a very important skill to have here in terms of making a good first impression and developing a rapor with people.

We had a short lecture on "At the hospital", so I have a rough working knowledge of some basic medical terminology. When it comes to learning medical terminology in Kiswahili I have been prioritizing the words I learn, so I have started with words like push and breathe:)

I was happy to learn the words for many organ systems as well as practical words/phrases that are needed in the hospital every day. I don't know if I'll be lucky enough to have a translater at the hospital and if there is one, he/she won't be available at all times, so obviously learning as much of the language is essential.