childhood

[US]/ˈtʃaɪldhʊd/
[UK]/ˈtʃaɪldhʊd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. wakati katika maisha ya mtu ambapo wao ni mtoto, kawaida kutoka kuzaliwa hadi ujana.
Word Forms

Phrases & Collocations

memories of childhood

mafundi ya utoto

childhood friends

marafiki wa utoto

childhood imagination

ufikiraji wa utoto

childhood dreams

ndoto za utoto

childhood adventures

mapigano ya utoto

childhood laughter

cheka cha utoto

early childhood

utoto wa awali

childhood education

elimu ya utoto

early childhood education

elimu ya utoto wa awali

happy childhood

utoto wa furaha

childhood memory

mfundi wa utoto

childhood days

siku za utoto

early childhood development

maendeleo ya utoto wa awali

childhood autism

uautumu wa utoto

Example Sentences

a childhood romance with the sea.

urafiki wa utotoni na bahari.

the childhood of Western civilization.

utotoni wa ustaarabu wa Magharibi.

the pair were childhood sweethearts.

wanyote wawili walikuwa wapenzi tangu utotoni.

the passage from childhood to adulthood.

kipute kutoka utotoni hadi ujana.

Childhood is a period of rapid growth.

Utoaji wa mimba ni kipindi cha ukuaji wa haraka.

a childhood incident that was burnt into her memory.

tukio la utoto lilichomwa ndani ya kumbukumbu yake.

he spent his childhood in Lewes.

alitumia utotoni wake Lewes.

winning the championship was the fulfilment of a childhood dream.

kumshinda ubingwa ilikuwa kutimizwa kwa ndoto ya utotoni.

childhood seems to last forever.

utotoni inaonekana kudumu milele.

the novel memorialized their childhood summers.

nyakati za utotoni zao zilizokumbatiwa na riwaya.

the landscape, familiar since childhood, was not worthy of remark.

mazingira, yajulikana tangu utotoni, hayakustahili kutazamwa.

his early childhood was unremarkable.

utotoni wake wa mwanzo haukubaliki.

pass out of childhood into manhood

ondoka utotoni hadi ujana.

Memories of childhood recede.

Kukumbukumbu za utotoni hupotea.

Adolescence is the period of transition between childhood and adulthood.

Uhai wa vijana ni kipindi cha mpito kati ya utoto na ujuzi.

I spent my childhood and adolescence in Florida.

Nilitumia utotoni wangu na ujana wangu Florida.

all the notional vagaries of childhood

akili zote za utotoni

Do you have any remembrance of your childhood?

Je, una kumbukumbu yoyote ya utotoni wako?

Real-world Examples

I remembered it well from my childhood.

Nilikumbuka vizuri kutoka utotoni mwangu.

Source: Jane Eyre (Abridged Version)

I think everyone sees their childhood with different lenses.

Nadhani kila mtu anaona utotoni wao kwa macho tofauti.

Source: Our Day Season 2

We have the same childhood. - Totally. Totally.

Tuna utotoni mmoja. - Kabisa. Kabisa.

Source: Learn to dress like a celebrity.

The notion of childhood, childhood didn't exist for ordinary people.

Wazo la utotoni, utotoni haukuwepo kwa watu wa kawaida.

Source: Yale University Open Course: European Civilization (Audio Version)

Far from repeating her childhood, she suppresses it.

Badala ya kurudia utotoni wake, yeye inaizuia.

Source: Ancient Wisdom and Contemporary Love (Video Version)

Did she write stories from her aborted childhood?

Je, aliandika hadithi kutoka utotoni wake uliokatishwa?

Source: The Guardian (Article Version)

She and I both had very sheltered childhoods.

Yeye na mimi tulikuwa na utotoni uliofichwaa sana.

Source: English little tyrant

In his childhood, he aspired to become a great general.

Katika utotoni wake, alitamani kuwa jenerali mkuu.

Source: Liu Yi's breakthrough of 5000 English vocabulary words.

And then my whole childhood flashed before my eyes.

Na kisha utotoni wangu wote ulitokea mbele ya macho yangu.

Source: Harvard University's "The Science of Happiness" course.

Childhood, teen years, adulthood or elderly?

Utooni, ujana, ufundi au wazima?

Source: CNN 10 Student English of the Month

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