검색어: walidhani (스와힐리어 - 영어)

hamkudhani kuwa watatoka, nao walidhani kuwa ngome zao zitawalinda na mwenyezi mungu.
little did ye think that they would get out: and they thought that their fortresses would defend them from allah!

na kwa hakika wao walidhani, kama mlivyo dhani nyinyi, ya kuwa mwenyezi mungu hatamleta mtume.
'and they (came to) think as ye thought, that allah would not raise up any one (to judgment).

mara kadha, watu walidhani kwamba nilikuwa mwaminifu kuliko wachuuzi wengine, na bidhaa zangu zilikuwa bora kuliko zao.
several times i was also granted more trust about my products than the other street vendors.

kutoka bahrain, ammar al aradi, anawtiti mfululizo wa utani wa siku ya wajinga, ambao watu wengine walidhani ni kweli.
from bahrain, ammar al aradi, tweets a series of april fool's jokes, which some people took seriously.

wataalamu wa mambo walidhani kuwa john tembo angepata kura nyingi kwenye majimbo ya kusini wakati angemshinda kabisa mutharika kwenye majimbo ya kati, ambayo ni ngome ya mcp.
[. . . the pundits thought that john tembo would garner more votes from the southern region while beating mutharika comprehensively in the central region, mcp’s stronghold.

kabla ya uchaguzi uliopita mwaka jana 2011, wapo watu walidhani kuwa asingetamani tena kugombea kwa awamu ya tatu mfululizo, lakini kinyume na matarajio ya wengi akajitokeza kugombea na hatimaye akashinda uchaguzi huo.
before the last elections in 2011, some people thought he was not coming back for the third term, but he surprisingly showed up and worn the election.

kwa vile wayahudi walimfanya aleksanda ajitokeze mbele, baadhi ya watu katika ule umati walidhani kuwa ndiye. basi, aleksanda aliwaashiria watu kwa mkono akitaka kujitetea mbele ya ule umati wa watu.
and they drew alexander out of the multitude, the jews putting him forward. and alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence unto the people.

ulafi wa #uongozi: #sudankusini ilipokuwa sehemu ya #sudan, watu walidhani kwamba mji wa khartoum ulikuwa ibilisi wa pekee.
#leadership greed: when #southsudan was with #sudan, people thought khartoum was the only devil.

wakati watu walipokuwa bado wanasikiliza hayo, yesu akawaambia mfano. (hapo alikuwa anakaribia yerusalemu, na watu wale walidhani kwamba muda si muda, ufalme wa mungu ungefika.)
and as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of god should immediately appear.