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English to Swahili
Translating words and phrases from English into the Swahili language of East Africa.
714 Questions
Swahili: Nguvu (force), Uwezo (ability)
Portuguese: Poder
French: Pouvoir
How do you say i am missing you in Swahili?
"I am missing you" is poor English. Correct English would be, "I miss you." Swahili has no equivalent and uses the English word: Nakumiss. (Proniminal prefix na means I, objective infix ku means you (sing.), then the main verb miss.)
How do you say 'love conquers all' in Swahili?
In Swahili, 'love conquers all' is translated as 'Upendo huushinda vyote'.
How do you say the word 'me' in Swahili language?
'Mimi" in Swahili means I or me. It has the same form in both nominative and objective cases, e.g., Alinipiga mimi (he hit me) or Mimi Nilimpiga (I hit him).
How do you say son in Swahili?
Mwana, used of both sons and daughters. Mwana wa Fulani, Fulani's child. Mwanangu(elision of mwana wangu) my child. The word mwana leaves the child's sex unclear, though it would usually be understood in conext. A daughter is usually called binti: binti yangu and mwanangu might both be used to describe one's daughter.
Nice to meet you = Nafurahi kukuona
I'm not sure on the pronunciation, though...
maybe 'Naaf-oo-ra'ii koo-koo-own-a?
HERE'S THE PRONUNCIATION: nah-foo-RAH-hah koo-koo-OH-nah. N.B.: Swahili syllables usually begin with a consonant and always end with the next vowel. The accent is always on the penultimate syllable, with a handful of exceptions (e.g., heshima, respect: HEH-shee-mah).
To greet someone in Cameroon, you can say "Bonjour" in French, which is one of the official languages spoken in the country. Alternatively, you can say "Hello" in English.
Jadili dhanaya unominishaji katika lugha ya kiswahili sanifu?
Unominishaji ni mchakato wa kuchukua maneno ya kawaida au misemo ya kila siku na kuyafanya yawe na maana nyingine au ya kufurahisha. Hii inaweza kufanyika kupitia mchanganyiko wa maneno, kubadilisha maana ya maneno au kutumia lugha ya picha. Unominishaji ni njia ya ubunifu ya kujenga uchangamano na kuchekesha katika lugha.
Say have agreat week in Swahili?
ue na wiki njema
Clarification: The above is correct as a word-by-word translation of the English into Swahili (except for the word ue, which should be uwe). However, it is not idiomatic Swahili, which would be "I wish a good week for you" (Nakutakia juma jema) or "I pray you have a good week" (Nakuombea juma jema). Or if one did not expect to see someone for a week, simply juma jema, To more than person, one would say Nakutakieni juma jema or Nakuombeeni juma jema.
The form wiki njema, as in the first answer, ("good week," from the English "week") is often substituted for juma jema, which means the same; both forms are understood by everyone. Pedants like this contributor prefer juma jema.
How do you say warrior in Swahili?
Shujaa (if you mean hero)
Askari (if you mean soldier-like)
Mpiganaji (if you mean a fighter)
"Habari gani" is a Swahili phrase that translates to "What is the news?" It is commonly used as a greeting during Kwanzaa, a week-long celebration observed in the United States and other countries with significant African populations.
How do you pronounce good morning in Swahili?
You pronounce "good morning:" in Swahili exactly as you do in English,for these are English words. Many Swahili users use this English greeting when speaking Swahili.
Habari za asubuhi is a common morning greeting in Swahili, meaning "What's the news this morning?" (or How are you this morning?)
How do you say spell-check in Swahili?
amog dag suay
It is to be hoped that no one has taken the above for a serious answer. The words are nonsense.
There is no Swahili word for spell-check. Students teachers, and i.t. personnel would almost certainly use the English: Hakikisha umespellcheck jibu lako (Be sure you have "spell-checked" your answer), something the first contributor certainly didn't do.
How do you say I am listening in Swahili?
You say "Ninasikiliza" in Swahili to mean "I am listening."
What does the Swahili phrase sana sananina sana mean?
very, sananina very
sana = very ni=Me, na= have, sana= very
No: The contributor has provided a loose definition for a couple of particles that have no meaning except as part of longer words.
The questioner probably meant sana, sana, tena sana, literally "very very again very," which is just a means of intensifying "very," which is an intensifier itself. It's commonly heard.
Sananina in the question is a meaningless string of syllables. A possible intensifier is sana sana na sana, but this contributor has never heard anyone say it.
How do you say 'third' in Swahili?
Third = -a tatu
Ordinal numbers are formed in this way: noun plus _-afollowed by the appropriate cardinal number (the -a takes different prefixes depending on the class of the noun).
The first two use special ordinal numbers rather than standard cardinal nos.:
First man: Mtu wa Kwanza (not wa moja)
Second book: Kitabu cha pili (not cha mbili)
then:
Third house: Nyumba ya tatu
Fourth car: Gari la nne
Fifth tree: Mti wa tano
Sixth place: Mahali pa sita
Seventh cloud: Wingu la saba
Eighth plate: Sahani ya nane
Ninth bed: Kitanda cha tisa
Tenth child: Mtoto wa kumi
etc. (or, in Swahili, n.k., na kadhalika, meaning "and similar things, exactly as the Latin et cetera")
