recollect

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

Translation

vt. kukumbuka; kukumbusha.
Word Forms
Past Participlerecollected
Past Tenserecollected
Present Participlerecollecting
Third Person Singularrecollects

Example Sentences

if I recollect correctly

ikiwa nakumbuka vizuri

I can’t recollect the exact words.

Sewezi kukumbuka maneno halisi.

She could not recollect being there.

Hakuweza kukumbuka kuwa yuko pale.

he could not quite recollect the reason.

hakukumbuka sababu kwa usahihi.

recollect the days of his childhood

kukumbuka siku za utotoni mwake

recollect how the accident happened. forget

kumbuka jinsi ajali ilivyotokea. sahau

Try hard to recollect what you saw before the accident.

Jitahidi kukumbuka nini ulichoona kabla ya ajali.

I can’t seem to recollect where we met.

Sidakumbuki mahali tulipokutanika.

I recollect having heard him say so.

Nakumbuka kuwasikia akisema hivyo.

I recollected that she had red hair.

Nilikumbuka kwamba alikuwa na nywele nyekundu.

He tried to recollect things and drown himself in them.

Alijaribu kukumbuka vitu na kuzama ndani ya vitu hivyo.

he had a look round, recollected himself, and prepared his mind for the day.

Alitazama karibu, akakumbuka mwenyewe, na akatayarisha akili yake kwa siku.

The old member recollected past allsorts, also similarly encouraged the new people, reposed own hope.

Mwanachama wa zamani alikumbuka vitu vyote, pia aliwapa watu wapya motisha, na kuweka tumaini lake.

Real-world Examples

Our bodies will rot, our valuables recollected.

Miili yetu yataondoa, mali zetu zitakurudishwa.

Source: Listen to a little bit of fresh news every day.

I wrote down everything that I could recollect at once.

Niliandika kila kitu ambacho ningeweza kukumbuka mara moja.

Source: 1000 episodes of English stories (continuously updated)

" I cannot recollect that anybody was with me besides yourself."

"-Sinaweza kukumbuka kwamba mtu yeyote alikuwa na mimi isipokuwa wewe."

Source: Returning Home

" You wanted to join hands with me in the ring, if I recollect? "

"-Ulitaka kushikamana na mimi katika duara, ikiwa nakumbuka?"

Source: Returning Home

If I recollect correctly, he said nothing before he went out.

Ikiwa nakumbuka kwa usahihi, hakusema chochote kabla hajatoa.

Source: IELTS vocabulary example sentences

Do you happen to recollect if I left a notebook in these here parts?

Je, unakumbuka kama nimeacha kitabu cha karatasi mahali hapa?

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 10

I think you must recollect me, Mr. Athelney Jones, said Holmes quietly.

Nadhani unapaswa unakumbuka, Bw. Athelney Jones, alisema Holmes kimya kimya.

Source: The Sign of the Four

As far as I can recollect, his father was a surgeon at that time.

Kama vile naweza kukumbuka, baba yake alikuwa mfungwa wakati huo.

Source: High-frequency vocabulary in daily life

No. I'm your boss's girlfriend. Surely, he mentioned me. -Not that I recollect.

Hapana. Mimi mpenzi wa bosi wako. Hakika, alinitaja. -Sikumbuki.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 3

" I cannot recollect a clear dream of you."

"-Sinaweza kukumbuka ndoto ya wazi kuhusu wewe."

Source: Returning Home

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