Strange as it may sound though, some of those Swahili phrases really stuck to me.I reckon, the language is so cool- sounding that unlike Thai, is a much easier language to pick up. I still have some of the phrases on hand, and get this: I can remember them without much effort! Here are some of those cool sounding phrases:
- Habariah Asubuhi: Good Morning
- Kwaheri: Goodbye
- Lala salama: Sleep well
- Jumbo: Hello
- Habaria koh: How are you (and to that you reply: Salama nzuri - Good)
- Moto: Fire
- Maji: Water
- Safi: Clean
- Safi maji: clean water
- [Safi also means fine or cool]
- Karibu: Welcome
- Mzungu: European (as in white guy, or farang or ang moh)
- Mambo**: what's up (and to that you reply: Poa - Cool)
- [I remember that these exchanges of Mambo--> Poa is only being used by the younger generations, and the older generations were quite embarrassed to use it since it will not be "cool" for them]
- Chakula: Food
- Mbaya: Bad
- Badaeyit: later
- Kima: Monkey
- Mbega: Colubus Monkey
- Asante: Thank you
- Sana: very much
- Asante sana: Thank you very much
- Chungu: Pot
- Pole - pole: Slowly, slowly
- Hakuna wasiwasi: No problem
- Twende: Let's go
If only Thai is this cool-sounding and as easy...
2 comments:
Sure, your husband can ask you many times to do something with that piece of paper, but animal planet gets you moving... :p.
in Animal Planet we trust! :p
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