happening

[US]/'hæp(ə)nɪŋ/
[UK]/'hæpənɪŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. tukio, kutokea; utendaji wa papo hapo
Word Forms
Present Participlehappening
Pluralhappenings

Phrases & Collocations

what's happening

kinachotokea

Example Sentences

a happening of no great importance.

tukio la muhimu kidogo.

nightclubs for the young are the happening thing.

Vilabu vya usiku kwa vijana ndio jambo la moto.

an unexpected happening

tukio lisilotoshwa

changes are happening too rapidly for comfort.

Mabadiliko yanatokea haraka sana kwa starehe.

the full enormity of what was happening came home to Sara.

ukubwa kamili wa kilichotokea ilimwonekana Sara.

the odds against this ever happening are high.

Urahani dhidi ya hili kutokea kamwe ni wa juu.

rumours of prodigious happenings, such as monstrous births.

habari za tukio kubwa, kama vile kuzaliwa kwa viumbe vya ajabu.

the significance of what was happening was clearer to me than to her.

Umuhimu wa kilichotokea ulikuwa wazi kwangu kuliko kwake.

He recounted all the happenings of the day.

Alirudia kutoa maelezo kuhusu matukio yote ya siku.

There were some unusual happenings at school last week.

Kulikuwa na matukio ya ajabu yaliyotokea shuleni wiki iliyopita.

Hello! What's happening now?

Habari! Kinachoendelea sasa ni nini?

He caught me up on what's happening at the front.

Aliniambia kinachoendelea mbele.

Accidents are happening with increasing frequency.

Ajali zinatokea kwa masaa ya kuongezeka.

The developments in this town represent in microcosm what is happening in the country as a whole.

Maendeleo katika mji huu yanaonyesha katika mfumo mdogo ni nini kinachoendelea katika nchi nzima.

they feared that these happenings augured a neo-Nazi revival.

walikuwa na hofu kwamba matukio haya yataonyesha kuibuka upya kwa Neo-Nazi.

Rob stood in the hallway, from where he could observe the happenings on the street.

Rob aliwasimama katika koridori, kutoka pale angeweza kuona matukio ya mitaani.

I try to keep in touch with what’s happening by reading the newspapers.

Ninajaribu kuwasiliana na kinachoendelea kwa kusoma gazeti.

When did you first get wise to what was happening?

Wakati mwingine ulipojua kinachoendelea?

Her words brought home the enormity of what was happening.

Maneno yake yalionyesha ukubwa wa kilichotokea.

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