Comparison of Simple Past Tense between Standard Swahili and English

Chenzhang Ye

doi:10.54254/2753-7064/2/2022656

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Comparison of Simple Past Tense between Standard Swahili and English

Chenzhang Ye *^,1,

¹ Shenzhen Middle School, Shenzhen, China

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https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-7064/2/2022656

Abstract

The paper analyzes the difference of simple past tense between Standard Swahili and English. Including time definition; sentence structures and word change; and environments when simple past tenses are used. Evidences and materials are collected from different sources, mainly focusing on published books and Swahili people’s usage. This essay compares two languages which provides a vertical view of the languages, improving Swahili grammar study.

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English, Simple Past tense, grammar study, Standard Swahili

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Ye,C. (2023). Comparison of Simple Past Tense between Standard Swahili and English. Communications in Humanities Research,2,626-632.

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