Adverb

MEANING

long ago.

EXAMPLE OF USE

 1.Kalee or kalefye or kale na kale,MEANING: A very long time ago.

2 .Pa kale. MEANING: Long ago.

1. Na kale MEANING: Even formerly.

2. shakwata misha ku mwakwe na kale.MEANING: I owe him nothing even in the past.  I never owed him anything.

5.Ca kale. MEANING: A thing of the past, old story.

6 Ca kale na kale. MEANING: A very old thing.

7 Muntu wa kale.MEANING: An old person.

8 Mwina kale (rare) MEANING: An elder.

MEANING 2

Some other time (after a long while).

EXAMPLE OF USE

1. Tukamona limbi, kale.MEANING: We shall see some other time.

Also may mean: in no time.

2. Kale kale imbwa yabwela.MEANING: The dog returned in no time.

…… Kale ….. TENSE PARTICIPLE of the distant future.