awaken

[US]/ə'weɪk(ə)n/
[UK]/ə'wekən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. kuamsha mtu; kusababisha mtu kuwa na uelewa
vi. kuamka; kuwa na uelewa
Word Forms
Third Person Singularawakens
Present Participleawakening
Past Participleawakened
Past Tenseawakened
Pluralawakens

Example Sentences

Please awaken me at six.

Tafadhali niniamke saa sita.

awaken to the necessity of...

amka kwa lazima ya...

Anna was awakened by the telephone.

Anna aliamka kwa simu.

a howl that awakened the whole camp.

mlio uliosababisha kuamka kwa kambi nzima.

I was awakened by their shouts.

Niliamka kwa sauti zao.

awaken to new challenges

amka kwa changamoto mpya

awaken sb.’s to a sense of duty

wasaidie mtu kuelewa jukumu lake

People are gradually awakening to their rights.

Watu wanaanza kuamka polepole kwa haki zao.

He was rudely awakened by the sound of drilling.

Aliamka kwa taabu kwa sauti ya kuchimba.

The tumult in the streets awakened everyone in the house.

Mchezo barabarani uliamsha kila mtu nyumbani.

the film helped to awaken many to the horrors of apartheid.

filmi iliwasaidia kuamsha wengi kwa maumivu ya ubaguzi.

the war came as a rude awakening to the hardships of life.

vita ilikuja kama uamsho mbaya kwa hali ngumu za maisha.

the war came as a very rude awakening .

vita ilikuja kama uamsho mbaya sana.

they were awakened by screams for help.

Wao waliamka kwa sauti za ombi la msaada.

The scene awakens reminiscences of my youth .

Skeni huamsha kumbukumbu za ujana wangu.

the yearnings for romance and adventure that are awakened by spring.

hamu ya mapenzi na fursa ambazo huamka kwa chemchemi.

His suspicions were awakened.

Mshaka wake uliamka.

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