Who Speaks Swahili Here?

format_quote Originally Posted by Arwa

[S]I'm sure you know more than me[/S]
I don't know anything apart from:

leta habri
vipi
and chai

oh and takallam [S]hmm[/S]

Takallam! lol umm sulaym! but that's the right way to go about it innit? i go to the urdu thread, learn a bit there too!

k i feel a bit left out here lol i don't know a word!

hehe...well as soon as the real speakers come you'll see me walking out this thread backwards lol !
hopefully they'll feel sorry us and teach us lol

Does Urdu have a lot of Swahili words??

[S]I know laakin too[/S]
It had quiet a few Arabic words too.

format_quote Originally Posted by umm-sulaim

hehe...well as soon as the real speakers come you'll see me walking out this thread backwards lol !
hopefully they'll feel sorry us and teach us lol

[MAD]Yeah![/MAD]

yeah its got loadsa arabic words, you know arabic right? so it'll be easy for you to learn.

format_quote Originally Posted by the_muslimah

k i feel a bit left out here lol i don't know a word!

take this for your first word sis habaari gaani?= how are you?, this is formal, it menas How are ya?

VIPI? informal= whassup!

hey Umm Sulaym take this down too ok, i know you already know this though...lol.
:thankyou:

would habaari gaani be same for both genders?

Yeah, I'd love to learn Swahili.

umm sulayman lol, yeah i know that but i'll wrwite it down if this is an official dars sis! hehehe....so u gonna teach us sorry people? *pouts*........plz

We should have a Swahili game? [S]They help you know[/S]

lool ya they do sis, we'll let umm sulayman make one for us hehe, umm sulayman........help us.

format_quote Originally Posted by Arwa

would habaari gaani be same for both genders?

Yeah, I'd love to learn Swahili.

yup sis habaari gaani is used for both genders, but not many ppl use this anymore well the youngsters anyway. They'd say instead VIPI?
I personally dont know swahiili a great deal but i know a few words here and there which is better than nothin'.

Aaah okay cool.

format_quote Originally Posted by umm-sulaim

umm sulayman lol, yeah i know that but i'll wrwite it down if this is an official dars sis! hehehe....so u gonna teach us sorry people? *pouts*........plz

Here are a few words that i know.
saasa means now
but you can use saasa like whassup also.
SAASA?
the answer is FEETI! that means Good.
meemi = i
weawe= you ( for both, luckily huh?
nataaka= i want...
Naku peanda saana= means i love you very much. the
the word peanda is pronounced like PEN in english but the E is longer.
so it's like sayin peeen

format_quote Originally Posted by ummsulayman

take this for your first word sis habaari gaani?= how are you?, this is formal, it menas How are ya?

VIPI? informal= whassup!

:

thanx, atleast thats a start!!

thanks sis!

maama= mother
baaba= father
maama yaangu= my mother
baaba yaangu= my father
rafiqi= friend
rafiqi yaangu= my friend
mardaadi= beautiful
supoo= also means beautiful but youngsters use this more, i love this word it's soo cool.
the word KIBOAKO means a hippo! but when you see something really good you say NI KIBOAKO! = it's like, It's wicked!

your lesson ni kiboako sis hehehe.......thx *getting daftar*

format_quote Originally Posted by umm-sulaim

your lesson ni kiboako sis hehehe.......thx *getting daftar*

alhamdulillah! God knows how long i can keep it up for. I'll try my best.:sister: