will
will
1 n 1 the ~ hiari, ridhaa an iron ~ nia thabiti against sb's ~ dhidi ya ridhaa ya mtu. 2 (also ~ power) utashi, rada. 3 dhamira. take the ~ for the deed shukuru kwa nia njema ya mtu (japo hakutenda). of one's own free ~ kwa hiari. at ~ upendavyo. tenant at ~ (legal) mpangaji anayeweza kuondolewa wakati wowote. 4 raghaba, hamasa; bidii, juhudi. 5 mapenzi, kudura. 6 good/ill ~ n makusudi mema/ mabaya, matlaba. 7 (also last ~ and testament) wosia.will
2 vt (pt would) 1 taka, penda what would you~? ungetaka nini. 2 (the subject is often omitted) -nge would it were otherwise laiti ingekuwa vinginevyo. 3 chagua, tamani, pendelea. would be attrib adj -naotarajiwa, -jao the would -be authors waandishi wanaotarajiwa; wanaoinukia vt,vi 1 fanya iwe; dhamiria, taka. 2 andika, jaalia. 3 athiri; taaradhi; tawala. 4 ~ sth to sb; ~ sb sth rithisha.will
3 1 (used as an auxiliary verb of the future tense) (to express willingness, consent, offer, promise etc) -ta tomorrow ~ come kesho itafika she ~ come atakuja all right I'll come sawa, nitakuja. 2 (used with the 2nd person in questions, making polite request) tafadhali give me the book, ~ you tafadhali nipatie kitabu. 3 kazania, shikilia; wa lazima he ~ go to the dance anashikilia kwenda kwenye dansi. 4 wa na mazoea, tabia, desturi. 5 (to indicate probability or likelihood) majaliwa, labda, huenda. 6 (conditional) -nge-, -ngali, -kama they would have seen the thief if they had arrived earlier wangalimwona yule mwizi endapo wangefika mapema.