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brav
#11 Posted : Wednesday, October 12, 2011 3:01:47 PM
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Laughing out loudly hio inaitagwa double repetition
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Repeat again
, me I will go....
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Wendz
#12 Posted : Wednesday, October 12, 2011 3:16:37 PM
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bwenyenye wrote:


Boss, in lugha ya Kiswahili we say.. Siendi.. not mimi sitaenda...and Nitaenda... not 'mimi nitaenda'...It is still repetition even in Kiswahili

Usituharibie lugha ya ndimi zetu bibiye!


Boss.... am not very good in swahili but you really cant use that word as you've used in this sentence.... bibiye means "bibi wa ....fulani" so how does that come in? May be you should have used "bibi we!" or something like that.....

You can see how much am trying NOT to explain the same in swahili...Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly
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bwenyenye
#13 Posted : Wednesday, October 12, 2011 3:28:06 PM
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Wendz wrote:
bwenyenye wrote:


Boss, in lugha ya Kiswahili we say.. Siendi.. not mimi sitaenda...and Nitaenda... not 'mimi nitaenda'...It is still repetition even in Kiswahili

Usituharibie lugha ya ndimi zetu bibiye!


Boss.... am not very good in swahili but you really cant use that word as you've used in this sentence.... bibiye means "bibi wa ....fulani" so how does that come in? May be you should have used "bibi we!" or something like that.....

You can see how much am trying NOT to explain the same in swahili...Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly


in the culture of teh swahili, every woman ( above 16 years) was to be married to someone. so 'bibiye' loosely means wife of someone else or even 'wife to be'.It is an honourable term.. so we refer to any woman whom you do not know ,but is roughly in your ageset, as bibiye... a lass is referred to comfortably as binti.( daughter of)
I Think Therefore I Am
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Tebes
#14 Posted : Wednesday, October 12, 2011 3:38:58 PM
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Boss, in lugha ya Kiswahili we say.. Siendi.. not mimi sitaenda...and Nitaenda... not 'mimi nitaenda'...It is still repetition even in Kiswahili

Usituharibie lugha ya ndimi zetu bibiye![/quote]

Kiswahili is not like Engrish. One's expression can be an indication of arrogance or humility, for example in these two sentences

"Nimaamua nitaenda mwenyewe kwa hiari" and
"Nitaenda"

I stand corrected
"Never regret, if its good, its wonderful. If its bad, its experience."
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Lolest!
#15 Posted : Wednesday, October 12, 2011 3:45:21 PM
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Upper eastern, lower eastern
Laughing out loudly smile Applause d'oh! Sad Drool Liar Shame on you Pray
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Pierce
#16 Posted : Wednesday, October 12, 2011 3:53:04 PM
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There's this guy from Drunkard's University area who went to Mombasa and was waiting for the ferry, but got impatient at some point and proceeded to ask the lady next to him.

'Wewe mama, ferry hainja kunja'?

She responded,

'Aa mwanangu, sio ferry haijakuja...ferry haijaja!!'
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Wendz
#17 Posted : Wednesday, October 12, 2011 4:03:08 PM
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bwenyenye wrote:
Wendz wrote:
bwenyenye wrote:


Boss, in lugha ya Kiswahili we say.. Siendi.. not mimi sitaenda...and Nitaenda... not 'mimi nitaenda'...It is still repetition even in Kiswahili

Usituharibie lugha ya ndimi zetu bibiye!


Boss.... am not very good in swahili but you really cant use that word as you've used in this sentence.... bibiye means "bibi wa ....fulani" so how does that come in? May be you should have used "bibi we!" or something like that.....

You can see how much am trying NOT to explain the same in swahili...Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly


in the culture of teh swahili, every woman ( above 16 years) was to be married to someone. so 'bibiye' loosely means wife of someone else or even 'wife to be'.It is an honourable term.. so we refer to any woman whom you do not know ,but is roughly in your ageset, as bibiye... a lass is referred to comfortably as binti.( daughter of)


I bow my friend, i respectfully bow out... you good! That we cant debate.
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Njung'e
#18 Posted : Wednesday, October 12, 2011 4:07:10 PM
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Pierce wrote:


'Aa mwanangu, sio ferry haijakuja...ferry haijaja!!'


And another one

Drunkard,"Hii barabara inaenda wapi"
Pwani lady,"Uhh mwanangu.Tangu ni ijue hii barabara,haijawahi toka hapa.Leo itakuwa siku yake ya kwanza"
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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Tebes
#19 Posted : Wednesday, October 12, 2011 4:13:08 PM
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Pierce wrote:
There's this guy from Drunkard's University area who went to Mombasa and was waiting for the ferry, but got impatient at some point and proceeded to ask the lady next to him.

'Wewe mama, ferry hainja kunja'?

She responded,

'Aa mwanangu, sio ferry haijakuja...ferry haijaja!!'



A guy once asked an old man while on a visit to Mombasa -
"Hii njia inaenda Kibarani?"

And here was the reply -
"Samahani, vile ninavyotazama hii njia haiendi popote, Labda ukiniuliza huelekeza wapi ndio naweza kukupatia jibu."smile
"Never regret, if its good, its wonderful. If its bad, its experience."
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Wodu Wakiri
#20 Posted : Wednesday, October 12, 2011 5:41:29 PM
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Joined: 8/13/2009
Posts: 62
Scene: Pub in westlands
Time: 4am

Boy: Si umalize pombe twende
Girl: Mimi sitwendi na wewe!
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