Hotel

1. Hotel ezali wapi?

   Where is the hotel?

   Usage

   Asks the way to the hotel; hotel is a loanword.

   Grammar Note

   The question word wapi comes at the end.

2. Nalingi shambre moko, nabondeli yo

   I would like a room, please

   Usage

   Asks for a room; shambre means room, as in the Bible.

   Grammar Note

   Composed from dictionary- and corpus-verified words by regular grammar. Moko follows the noun.

3. Shambre ezali talo nini?

   How much is the room?

   Usage

   Asks the price of a room.

   Grammar Note

   Composed from dictionary- and corpus-verified words by regular grammar. It uses the same talo nini pattern as the price question for a fish.

4. Nalingi shambre ya kimia

   I would like a quiet room

   Usage

   To avoid a noisy street; kimia means quiet or peace.

   Grammar Note

   Composed from dictionary- and corpus-verified words by regular grammar. Ya (of) links kimia (quiet) to the room.

5. Ezali na makelele mingi

   There is a lot of noise

   Usage

   To complain about noise in the room.

   Grammar Note

   Composed from dictionary- and corpus-verified words by regular grammar. Ezali na means there is; makelele is noise or sound.

6. Bongisa shambre na ngai, nabondeli yo

   Please clean my room

   Usage

   Asks for the room to be tidied; bongisa means put in order.

   Grammar Note

   Composed from dictionary- and corpus-verified words by regular grammar.

7. Mayi ezali te

   There is no water

   Usage

   To tell reception the water is not coming.

   Grammar Note

   Composed from dictionary- and corpus-verified words by regular grammar. Ezali te means there is not.

8. Shambre

   Room

   Usage

   A room; the word occurs in the Bible and the plural is bashambre.

   Grammar Note

   Shambre is a loanword spelled as in the Bible.

9. Mbeto

   Bed

   Usage

   A bed, for when the room lacks one.

   Grammar Note

   Mbeto is an n- class noun.

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