grandfather

[US]/'græn(d)fɑːðə/
[UK]/'græn'fɑðɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. mimi ya mke wa mwanamke
Word Forms

Phrases & Collocations

Paternal grandfather

Mama mwenye mke

Maternal grandfather

mama wa mke

grandfather clock

sokoto kubwa ya majengo

Example Sentences

His grandfather was a fine raconteur.

Mama yake alikuwa mshairi mwingi.

Gerald’s grandfather is a shoemaker.

Mama ya Gerald anasalimia.

My grandfather is in his anecdotage.

Mama yangu anapiga mshairi.

Her grandfather is an invalid.

Mama yake amekuwa mwenye ugonjwa.

Grandfather spoke with a thick Scottish brogue.

Mama alisimama na sasa ya Scotland.

His grandfather is a devout Buddhist.

Jijini yake ni mwenyewe wa Buddhi.

His grandfather is a geographer.

Mama yake anatemwa kwa geografia.

My grandfather loved to rove the countryside.

Mama yangu alifurahia kumwaka mipango.

My grandfather’s life was full of trials and tribulations.

Haya ya mama yangu ilikuwa na mafua na mazoe.

Freud is often called the grandfather of psychoanalysis.

Freud unapatana kwa jina la baba la psychoanalysis.

In this house grandfather rules the roost.

Kwa nyumba hii, baba anasimamia.

Grandfather has never flown in an aeroplane.

Baba hajapita kwenye kipya.

His grandfather was one of the pioneers of flying.

Mama yake alikuwa mwenye miongo ya kipya.

We get Grandfather up as Father Christmas.

Tutakupa baba kama Baba Christmas.

His grandfather is a veteran of the Second World War.

Mama yake anasalimia kwa Vita ya Dunia ya pili.

Grandfather was muddled about the children's names.

Baba mdogo hakukumbuka majina ya watoto.

My grandfather is a veteran of the Second World War.

Mama yangu anasalimia kwa Vita ya Dunia ya pili.

Mr Thompson gave all the historical papers of his grandfather to the public library according to his grandfather's will.

Mtu wa Thompson alipewa mazoe ya historia ya mama yake kwa maktaba ya jumla kwa mazoe ya mama yake.

Real-world Examples

This reminds me of my late grandfather.

Hili inyamaa mimi kwa mkombo yangu mwenye kichwa.

Source: Modern Family - Season 05

One of my greatest teachers was my grandfather.

Mwanzilishi mkuu wa mengine ya mimi alikuwa mkombo yangu.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) June 2015 Collection

" Sir, I think you knew my grandfather, Abraxas Malfoy? "

Mtu mrefu, ninamaa kwamba unajua mkombo yangu, Abraxas Malfoy?

Source: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

The most famous being the grandfather — or grandmother — paradox.

Kwa mengine mafame zaidi ni mparadox ya mkombo — au mkombo ya mwanamke —.

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American June 2023 Collection

Every summer Bobby went to see his grandfather and grandmother.

Kila mwezi wa kuchoma Bobby anakamata mkombo na mkombo ya mwanamke yake.

Source: American Elementary School English 1

" It's in honor of my late grandfather, " she said.

" Hili ni kwa maeleweka ya mkombo yangu mwenye kichwa, " alisema.

Source: VOA Special English: World

According to Zhu, teaching his grandfather English was initially difficult.

Kwa Zhu, kujifunza kwa mkombo yake mwenye kichwa lugha ya Kijini alikuwa kisukari.

Source: Intermediate English short passage

Robin wants to be a scientist like Wu Yifan's grandfather.

Robin anataka kuwa mchezaji mwingine kama mkombo wa Wu Yifan.

Source: People's Education Press PEP Elementary School English Grade 6 Upper Volume

What if you killed your grandfather when he was a child?

Je, kama unakosalia mkombo yako wakati alikuwa mwanamke?

Source: Minute Physics

I believed my grandmother when she called my grandfather a rapist.

Ninamaa mkombo yangu wakati alisema mkombo yangu ni mnyama wa mabaya.

Source: The Guardian (Article Version)

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