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Lolest!
#1 Posted : Monday, January 23, 2017 11:59:18 AM
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In Kenyan English, a large number of speakers tend to omit articles in words that would otherwise need them. For example, when ordering at a fast food restaurant, a person may say "give me burger" or "I want burger" instead of "give me a burger" or "I want a burger". Similarly, the article "the" in Kenyan English is often used in cases that would otherwise be deemed inappropriate, especially with uncountable nouns. A good example would be adding the article "the" to the uncountable noun "mud" (for example, I stepped in the mud on my way home.)
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A very large number of Kenyan English speakers often use "My names are…" when introducing themselves instead of "My name is…". For example, a person named John Omondi would introduce himself by saying "My names are John Omondi" instead of "My name is John Omondi". Again, this is especially prevalent in the rural areas and among the lower and lower-middle classes, but also depends on the ethnic origin of the speaker.

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As mentioned before, there is a tendency to avoid the use of the relative pronoun "whose" in Kenyan English, where the use of the word would usually be replaced with "that". For example:

The man whose car I bought went to Mombasa last week. → The man that I bought a car from went to Mombasa last week.
The woman whose purse was stolen went to the police. → The woman that got/had her purse stolen went to the police.


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#2 Posted : Monday, January 23, 2017 12:10:21 PM
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Kenyan English often borrows vocabulary from local languages which would otherwise be difficult to translate to English, such as "ugali", "sukuma wiki" (collard greens) and "matatu". The wide use of Sheng in Kenya has also affected the vocabulary of Kenyan English speakers. White people in Kenya are often referred to as "mzungus" or "wazungus" (the word "mzungu" is Swahili for "white person"; its plural form is "wazungu"). Other borrowed terms include "pole pole" (Swahili for "slowly"; as a result some people also say "slowly slowly"), "Harambee", "nyama choma" (barbecued meat) and "nini" (used when one forgets the name of something; equivalent to the word "thingy", which is itself also widely used).[5][6]

nini, nani, si, halafu, kedo
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#3 Posted : Monday, January 23, 2017 12:22:42 PM
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"Sasa unataka sisi tufanye nini Jameni, What do you want us to do, eeh, eeh,"
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#4 Posted : Monday, January 23, 2017 12:57:34 PM
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Lolest!
#5 Posted : Monday, January 23, 2017 1:23:20 PM
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washiku wrote:
"Sasa unataka sisi tufanye nini Jameni, What do you want us to do, eeh, eeh,"

Si you just endelea semaing words kama kawa.

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#6 Posted : Monday, January 23, 2017 1:25:54 PM
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when growing up - i always felt kenyans spoke "neutral" english... sijui nani alitudangangaya!! we think in swahili and do a quick translation.

sasa unaenda wapi? - now...you are going where?
mwambie akuje - tell him to come
nilisikia dunia ikitingika, wewe uliskia? - i heard the ground shake, did you hear it?

not all of us suffer from this but a number do!

our pronunciation is also "ours"... we don't pronounce the "r" at the end of a word
CaR, (sounds Kaa) War (sounds Wo-oo), Work (sounds like wak), some people cannot differentiate "test" and "taste"; Herd and Heard; "hurt", "heart", "hut" and "hat"!
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#7 Posted : Monday, January 23, 2017 1:57:11 PM
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Lolest! wrote:
washiku wrote:
"Sasa unataka sisi tufanye nini Jameni, What do you want us to do, eeh, eeh,"

Si you just endelea semaing words kama kawa.

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Anaa thingy you forgot is "me I do bla bla bla..."

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#8 Posted : Monday, January 23, 2017 2:02:46 PM
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'me I like'....'me i think'....
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#9 Posted : Monday, January 23, 2017 3:04:06 PM
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Me I went and kutanaad with my grils, then we endaad westi, kunywad as they pikad food, had a great time, kunywad a bit more, malizad and endad home and lalad
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#10 Posted : Monday, January 23, 2017 3:04:42 PM
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