Who Speaks Swahili Here?

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Arwa said:
I'm sure you know more than me
I don't know anything apart from:

leta habri
vipi
and chai :giggling:

oh and takallam hmm
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Takallam!;D 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!:w:
 
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??

I know laakin too
It had quiet a few Arabic words too. :p
 
the_muslimah said:
k i feel a bit left out here lol i don't know a word!:?
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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. :giggling:
 
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
 
Arwa said:
would habaari gaani be same for both genders? :?

Yeah, I'd love to learn Swahili. :giggling:
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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'.
 
umm-sulaim said:
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
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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?:happy:
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
 
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!
:w:
 

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