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a list of random Swahili words I like

jillianbroadhurst

Just because


-twiga-giraffe

-hapana asante- no thank you (comes in handy a lot)

-pole pole!-slowly!

-cheetah-duma

cat-paka

-mwanafunzi-student

-jumamosi-saturday (literally translated means "first day of the week"; oddly they consider Saturday the first day

-wapi chooni?-where is the toilet? (you can't say bathroom [bafu], or they will think you want a shower!)

-sister-dada

-brother-kaka

-I only know a little Swahili-ninajua Kiswahili kidogo tu




 
 
 

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