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English to Swahili
Translating words and phrases from English into the Swahili language of East Africa.
714 Questions
What is the Swahili word for survivor?
Swahili doesn't have a noun with this meaning. Aliyeokoka, one who was saved or has been saved. Ni wa pekee wa familia yake anayebaki, he or she is the only one left of his or her family.
Here are some common words:
And Na
Bad Mbaya
Bicycle Baiskeli
Bitter Chungu
Car Gari
Cold Baridi
Danger Hatari
Drink (noun) Kinywaji
Drink (verb) Kunywa
Eat Kula
No! Hapana!
OK! Sawa!
Please Tafadhali
Sorry! (apologize) Samahani!
Sorry! (sympathize) Pole!
Sweet Tamu
Thanks! Asante!
There Pale
Very Sana
Water Maji
Welcome!Karibu!
What? Nini?
When? Wakati gani?
Where? Wapi?
Which? Ipi?
Yes! Ndio!
I Mimi
We Sisi
You (singular) Wewe
You (plural) nyinyi
He/she Yeye
They Wao
Please check the dozens of Swahili grammars and dictionaries, including the online dictionaries. If you know the English words you want Swahili versions of, you can look them up or ask this website.
How do you say thank you in Swahili?
The Swahili word for "thank you" is asante.
Note: There are two words. Ahsante or Shukrani. (Ahsante is often spelled asante but standard coastal Swahili spells and pronounces it ahsante. In the Swahili of eastern Congo, the word is aksante.)
People often use the verb kushukuru: nakushukuru(I thank you), tunakushukuru (we thank you). If thanking more than one person, it becomes Nakushukuruni or Tunakushukuruni (or tunawashukuru for the latter)
The form of the verb ahsante also changes when thanking more than one person: ahsanteni, e.g., Ahsanteni kwa kunipigia kura (thanks to all of you for voting for me).
"Cheveux" if it's on the head.
"Poil" if it's anywhere else on the body :D.
How do you say Happy Anniversary in Swahili?
There are no real words for anniversary and birthday in Swahili. The following two options could work:
Furaha ya sikukuu yenu = joy on your (pl.) special day
Heri ya sikukuu yenu = blessings on your special day
In practice though, many Swahili speakers use the English word "anniversary":
Heri ya anniversary
Furthermore, birthday can be expressed as siku ya kuzaliwa (day of birth), but most people use the Engish. Heri ya birthday, blessings on your birthday, equivalent to English happy birthday.
What is the word courage when translated from English to other languages?
Courage = le courage (in French) Courage = el valor, el coraje (in Spanish) Courage = die Courage, die Beherztheit (in German) Courage = il coraggio (in Italian) Courage = o coragem (in Portuguese) Hope it'll help ! I'm not sure of the articles in Portuguese and Germand though.
That's just a very general term for the more than 300, possibly 600 ethnic African groups of people that speak a variety of Bantu languages.
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How do you say 'bird' in Swahili?
Ndege. The same word is used for a plane.
(It has three syllables. The N is hummed.)
UPDATE:
Nyuni is another word for bird
How do you say joy in African?
"African" is not a language. Africa is a continent that contains 54 countries and more than 2100 completely different languages. Some estimates place the number of languages at around 3000.
If you have any quesitons about African languages, you will have to specify the language.
The most prominent languages spoken in Africa are:
Afrikaans
Amharic
Arabic
English
French
Fula
Hausa
Igbo
Oroma
Somali
Swahili
Yoruba
Zulu
It is also widely used in Kenya and Uganda with many people using it in Rwanda, Burundi, Congo, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe also.
But in Kenya the younger generation have almost changed the whole language in what is now known as Sheng.
How do you say come together in Swahili?
Karibu.- means how come
The above answer is entirely wrong. Karibu means "come closer," and is often translated into English (often incorrectly) as "welcome." How come in English means simply "why?" often with an edge of doubt to it.How come? = kwa nini? (why?) in the simplest sense of the question. Swahili has another form, mbona? which has a bit of an edge to it, like "How come?"Mbona umechelewa? How come you're late?
How do you say I am sorry in Swahili?
You don't actually say I'm sorry in the English sense but you can admit a mistake and ask for forgiveness. Kosa langu. (my mistake.) Naomba msamaha (or nisamehe or samahani, all meaning forgive me).
If you wronged or hurt some you would almost surely also say pole (poleni to two or more oeople), which has no English equivalent but is used to show you care about another's misfortune, whether a stubbed toe, a dropped pencil, or a death in the family. Swahili-speakers often translate it into English as "sorry," but it very rarely is used in the same way as the English word.
What does Tu Phil a mera milen antha mean?
Well, as you see after the first dimension of orange chicken the banana's failed to absorb enough mayonaise hence the antha.
How do you say peace in Swahili?
There are many words for peace, but shalom salaam, salama, amani and kituo are common ones, depending on meaning and context.
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