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simonkabz
#1 Posted : Thursday, December 08, 2011 4:08:06 PM
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Sample this, overheard from a Kikuyu: 'Ma ya Ngai ngui íyo ína mbeca ta ngoma.' God, Satan and an insult invoked in the same sentence..
TULIA.........UFUNZWE!
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Mtublack
#2 Posted : Thursday, December 08, 2011 4:19:21 PM
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simonkabz wrote:
Sample this, overheard from a Kikuyu: 'Ma ya Ngai ngui íyo ína mbeca ta ngoma.' God, Satan and an insult invoked in the same sentence..

Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly

whatever some people smoke!! I know we are headed for along weekend but honestly do you have to smoke double double
Some you win some you lose
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mnjoro
#3 Posted : Thursday, December 08, 2011 4:31:56 PM
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simonkabz wrote:
Sample this, overheard from a Kikuyu: 'Ma ya Ngai ngui íyo ína mbeca ta ngoma.' God, Satan and an insult invoked in the same sentence..

d'oh! d'oh! d'oh! d'oh! d'oh! d'oh!
Bangi wet wachana nayo
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aemathenge
#4 Posted : Thursday, December 08, 2011 4:42:47 PM
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Your misunderstanding arises from your direct translation of the sentence in question as opposed to the context under which the words were uttered.

Dwell on it.
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simonkabz
#5 Posted : Thursday, December 08, 2011 6:42:01 PM
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aemathenge wrote:
Your misunderstanding arises from your direct translation of the sentence in question as opposed to the context under which the words were uttered.

Dwell on it.


Fafanua buda
TULIA.........UFUNZWE!
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Kratos
#6 Posted : Thursday, December 08, 2011 8:56:08 PM
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"Etee mbesa itina...." now if you're a kyuk this may mean something totally different from what the kao kange is saying Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly

“People will believe a big lie sooner than a little one, and if you repeat it frequently enough, people will sooner or later believe it.” ― Walter C. Langer
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githundi
#7 Posted : Thursday, December 08, 2011 9:38:37 PM
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aemathenge wrote:
Your misunderstanding arises from your direct translation of the sentence in question as opposed to the context under which the words were uttered.

Dwell on it.

i beg to differ, i think the person quoted or ourselves can be able to communicate the same message without necesarily using foul language.
Democracy does not belong to the dead
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Burning Spear
#8 Posted : Friday, December 09, 2011 2:25:56 PM
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simonkabz wrote:
Sample this, overheard from a Kikuyu: 'Ma ya Ngai ngui íyo ína mbeca ta ngoma.' God, Satan and an insult invoked in the same sentence..


I agree,the language is bad though the meaning is simple ie that person has alot of money.

Sometimes we speak without minding what others may think of the statement.The person has mixed God,Satan and Dog in the same sentence which is wrong.
"You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it". Malcolm X
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FancyFace
#9 Posted : Friday, December 09, 2011 4:03:17 PM
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Kratos wrote:
"Etee mbesa itina...." now if you're a kyuk this may mean something totally different from what the kao kange is saying Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly

Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly someone please translate this in kisapere smile

Problems can get out of proportion, and not only in the wee small hours. Don't let the problems eclipse the Master. Let the Master eclipse the problems.
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Tommy
#10 Posted : Saturday, December 10, 2011 4:48:37 AM
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FancyFace wrote:
Kratos wrote:
"Etee mbesa itina...." now if you're a kyuk this may mean something totally different from what the kao kange is saying Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly

Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly someone please translate this in kisapere smile

Bring money a*#e (dt) Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly
Don't wait for the Last Judgment. It happens every day. ~Albert Camus, The Fall, 1956
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