banana

[US]/bə'nɑːnə/
[UK]/bə'nænə/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. matunda tamu na yenye harufu nzuri ambayo ni ndefu na ya rangi njano, yenye ngozi inayoweza kuondolewa kwa urahisi.
Word Forms
Pluralbananas

Phrases & Collocations

ripe banana

ndizi iliyokuwa

banana peel

ukuta wa ndizi

banana smoothie

juisi ya ndizi

banana skin

ngozi ya ndizi

top banana

ndizi bora

banana split

ndizi iliyogawanyika

banana republic

jamhuri ya ndizi

Example Sentences

dredge the bananas with sugar and cinnamon.

Changanya ndizi na sukari na karafu.

he considers bananas a luxury.

Yeye anachukulia ndizi kama anasa.

Their consignment of bananas was / were bad.

Mto wao wa ndizi ulikuwa / ilikuwa mbaya.

How many bananas are in the basket?

Ndizi ngapi ziko kwenye ndoto?

Bananas have their own characteristic smell.

Ndizi zina harufu yao ya kipekee.

I slipped on a banana skin.

Niligusa ardhini kwa sababu ya ganda la ndizi.

"A banana is mainly pulp, except for its skin."

"(Ndizi ni hasa massa, isipokuwa ganda lake.)"

Would you like some bananas?

Je, ungependa ndizi?

she went bananas when I said I was going to leave the job.

Yeye alizidi hasira pale niliposema nitaacha kazi.

the insurance market has an unhappy knack of slipping on banana skins.

Soko la bima lina uwezo wa kuanguka katika matatizo.

The clock’s going bananas (= isn’t working correctly) .

Saa inatoka hali ya utendaji mbaya (= haifanyi kazi vizuri).

You can buy fruit here — oranges and bananas, for example.

Unaweza kununua matunda hapa - machungwa na ndizi, kwa mfano.

"Apples, oranges, and bananas are fruit."

"(Maapulo, machungwa, na ndizi ni matunda.)"

I like bananas, but I like oranges, too.

Nipenda ndizi, lakini napenda machungwa pia.

The girl was so satiated with bananas that she would not even look at one.

Msichana alikuwa amejaa sana na ndizi hivi kwamba hangeangalia hata moja.

The new minister slipped on a banana skin before he had been in the job a week.

Waziri mpya aligusa ardhini kwa sababu ya ganda la ndizi kabla ya kukaa kazini kwa wiki moja.

She handed around bananas and sugar and invited us to eat.

Yeye aligawisha ndizi na sukari na kutuambia tukule.

Banana Fusarium wilt disease, a kind of soilborne vascular disease infected by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense, causes significant losses in banana production.

Ugonjwa wa Fusarium wilt wa ndizi, aina ya ugonjwa wa mishipa wa udongo unaambukizwa na Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense, husababisha hasara kubwa katika uzalishaji wa ndizi.

The agriculture minister said Bong County grows most of the country's cassava, eddoes, plantains, bananas and potatoes.

Waziri wa kilimo alisema Kaunti ya Bong inakua zaidi ya mahindi, eddoes, plantains, ndizi na viazi.

Real-world Examples

She gets " some apples and bananas."

Yeye apata "ndizi na ndogo ya maapulo."

Source: Lucy’s Day in ESL

And I will have a banana for lunch.

Na nitakuwa na ndizi kwa ajili ya chakula cha mchana.

Source: 2018 Best Hits Compilation

Wang Bing, do you have a banana?

Wang Bing, je, una ndizi?

Source: Jiangsu Yilin Edition Oxford Primary English (Starting from Grade 3) Grade 4 Upper Volume

He's the creme de la top banana.

Yeye ndiye cream de la juu ya ndizi.

Source: The Growth History of a Little Princess

Yeah, well, we do need more yellow bananas.

Ndiyo, vizuri, tunahitaji ndizi zaidi za manjano.

Source: White-collar English

Do you want this banana? Yes, I want.

Je, unataka ndizi hii? Ndiyo, ninataka.

Source: Dad teaches you grammar.

Let me draw some bananas on the trees.

Niruhusu nichore ndizi kwenye miti.

Source: Jiangsu Yilin Edition Oxford Primary English (Level 3) Grade 6 Upper Volume

Calling someone bananas is slang for silly or crazy.

Kuwaita mtu ndizi ni mchanganyo kwa ajili ya mchezi au mwendawazimu.

Source: 6 Minute English

I actually eat a banana with every single meal.

Kwa kweli, ninakula ndizi na kila chakula.

Source: 73 Quick Questions and Answers with Celebrities (Bilingual Selection)

I'd rather have bananas, I can eat bananas.

Ningependelea kuwa na ndizi, naweza kula ndizi.

Source: Connection Magazine

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