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In Swahili, the "S" sound is pronounced like the "s" in "sun" or "sit." It is clear and sharp without any added emphasis.
"Splat" is an onomonopoeic word describing the sound something, say a human head, makes upon smacking the pavement after a fall from the 75th floor. The head would make the same sound in Swahili.
You say memorize in Swahili like this: kukariri
Kelele (pron., keh-LEH-leh). The Swahili e is pronounced like the English short e. (e.g., bet, yet, pen). In a few cases, it has the sound of the English a, e.g., fedha, pron. FAY-thah (hard th).
Yes, Swahili is a language that has verbs like other languages. Verbs in Swahili are used to express actions, states, or events.
In Swahili, the "S" sound is pronounced like the "s" in "sun" or "sit." It is clear and sharp without any added emphasis.
It means nothing in Swahili. It appears to be noothing more than a silly sound, probably in English, and so could be reproduced as a silly sound in any language, including Swahili.
"Splat" is an onomonopoeic word describing the sound something, say a human head, makes upon smacking the pavement after a fall from the 75th floor. The head would make the same sound in Swahili.
You say memorize in Swahili like this: kukariri
miguu, pronounced mee-GOO, sing., mguu, pronounced m-GOO. (actually MGOO-oo, but said at normal speed it would sound to the non-Swahili ear like m-GOO).
Kelele (pron., keh-LEH-leh). The Swahili e is pronounced like the English short e. (e.g., bet, yet, pen). In a few cases, it has the sound of the English a, e.g., fedha, pron. FAY-thah (hard th).
Yes, Swahili is a language that has verbs like other languages. Verbs in Swahili are used to express actions, states, or events.
No, in swahili, the word lion is simba, like from the lion king, simba=lion.
If you mean what "great" in swahili is, then they have a couple of words for it, like Nzuri, Poa, Freshi..(last one there is slang)
The word Swahili is spelled "Swahili." In Swahili, the language is called Kiswahili. Note: If you wanted to know the spelling conventions for Swahili, the language (which was originally written in Arabic script) uses the Roman alphabet and the words are spelled phonetically. The pronunciation of vowels is comparable to Italian and Spanish.. With a couple of minor exceptions the consonants are pronounced much like English consonants.
The swahili word 'ndugu' means 'brother ' in English language.
Malindi is a town on the coast of Kenya and not a city-state like those that historically existed in the Swahili Coast region. City-states like Kilwa, Mombasa, and Zanzibar were more prominent political and economic entities along the Swahili Coast.