mention

[US]/'menʃ(ə)n/
[UK]/'mɛnʃən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. kusaidia; kushiria; kujadili
n. maelezo; maelekezo
Word Forms
Past Tensementioned
Present Participlementioning
Third Person Singularmentions
Past Participlementioned
Pluralmentions

Phrases & Collocations

make mention of

kutazama

brief mention

tazama ya kisasa

casual mention

tazama ya kisasa

mention briefly

tazama kisasa

mention in passing

kutazama kwa ujumla

mention someone's name

kutazama jina la mwenyewe

not to mention

hakuna kushangaza

mention of

tazama ya

don't mention it

hapana kutazama

special mention

tazama ya kusambaza

honorable mention

mshahara wa kipato

Example Sentences

I'll mention it to himself.

Natafuta kwa ajili yake.

It was advisable for you not to mention that.

Ukafaa kwa wewe kumwambia hili.

I dare not mention their names.

Nakusudi kusisimua maelezo yao.

Don't mention this problem this evening.

Mwanachofa kwa mchakato huu leo.

curiously enough, there is no mention of him.

kwa moyo mwingine, hajui kwa maelezo yake.

mention his name no more to me.

Hujua jina lake kwa muda mrefu.

the research was mentioned only in passing.

utafutia uliwaonjwa tu kwa mbinu.

as for that job you mention, not my scene.

kwa ajili ya kazi hii ambayo unafuta, si mwenyewe.

Not to mention my ineffably addictive personality.

Hakuna mshale kuhusu personality yangu ya kifadhlia.

the facts mentioned above

mambo yaliyowekwa haraka.

He mentioned a useful book.

Alikuwa na kitabu kikisaidia.

He was given a mention in the list of helpers.

Alitajwa kwenye orodha ya wapendwa.

He dare not mention the subject again.

Alikuwa na mafanikio kusisimua maelezo huyu tena.

They are not to be mentioned in the same breath.

Hawana kuanza kwa mchakato wa wenyewe.

He mentioned them by name.

Alikuwa na jina wao.

He did not want to mention the painful past.

Alitaka kushughuliki muda mrefu.

It is mentioned on page 20.

Hujua kwenye ukurasa 20.

The actor's wedding got a mention on television.

Ukuta wa mshindi uliwaonjwa kwenye televisheni.

He made no mention of your request.

Alikuwa hawana kushughuliki mshahara yako.

No mention was made of her illness.

Hawana kushughuliki mguu wa yeye.

Real-world Examples

I'm sorry not to have mentioned it before.

Nasalimia kwa kufanyia haja hili kwa muda mrefu.

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Version) Season 4

The most luxurious thing you could've mentioned to have, I guess.

Moyo mrefu kwa kuchangia kama ulikuwa unaweza kuchangia, nia yangu.

Source: CNN 10 Student English May 2019 Collection

Nobody mentioned it to me, nobody complained.

Hakuna aliyechangia kwa mimi, hakuna aliyekutana.

Source: TEDx

Hammond did not mention Russia by name.

Hammond alihudumia Rusia kwa jina.

Source: VOA Standard Speed November 2016 Collection

Mutation and genetic drift are also mentioned.

Uvumakamili na udongeza wa DNA pia huchangia.

Source: TOEFL Reading Preparation Guide

He wished she had not mentioned letters.

Alikisahau kwa kuchangia taarifa.

Source: Peter Pan

Why do you say don't mention it?

Kwa nini unasema kwa kuchangia hili?

Source: Tips for IELTS Speaking.

Not to mention all the mental health benefits.

Hakuna kwa kuchangia kila faida za upevyo wa afya.

Source: Selected English short passages

He was very burly did I mention that?

Alipo na moyo mrefu, nia yangu kuchangia hili?

Source: The rise and fall of superpowers.

These basically just track news mentions of me.

Hizi hujumuza kuchangia taarifa ya mimi.

Source: PBS Interview Social Series

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