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kukosa
to miss
vitu
the things
kubwa
big
vitu vikubwa
big things
vitu vidogo
small things
darubini
a telescope; a microscope
bila darubini
without a telescope
kusababisha
to cause
magonjwa
diseases
viini
the microbes
hivi
these
viini hivi
these microbes
lazima
must
kuishi
to live
ndani
inside; internal
lazima viishi ndani
must live inside
ili
to; so that
kukua
to grow
ndani ya wanyama ili kukua
inside animals to grow
kuongezeka
to multiply
kukua na kuongezeka
to grow and multiply
njia
a way
baadhi
some
hizi ni baadhi ya njia
these are some ways
kuingia
to enter
watu
the people
huingia ndani ya watu
to get inside people
na kuwafanya wagonjwa
and make them sick
kupitisha
to pass
viini hivi ninaweza kupitishwa
these microbes can be passed
mwingine
another
kutoka mtu mmoja hadi mwingine
from one person to another
kwa kugusa
by touching
mate
the saliva
chafu
dirty
vitu vichafu
dirty things
kinyesi
the feces
maji machafu
dirty water
viumbe
insects
viumbe vinavyoishi
living insects
lishe bora
good diet
hatari
vulnerable
nyingi
many
njia nyingi
many ways
kuzuia
to prevent
njia nyingi za kuzuia
many ways to prevent
maambukizi
the spread
maabukizi ya viini
the spread of microbes
kukohoa
to cough
kiwiko
an elbow
kukohoa kwenye kiwiko chako
coughing into your elbow
kuosha
to wash
mikono
the hands
osha mikono yako
wash your hands
kuzika
to bury
takataka
the waste
kuzika takataka
to bury the waste
mbu
a mosquito
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