soilsista:

Like, when I'm in Tanzania I would have to say Shukrani instead of Ahsante? Also, why did the spelling change? ahsante and not asante , is it for pronunciation purposes?

The pronounciation is Ahsante, but Asante is also accepted, most muslims at the coast will use arabic pronounciation. Also, you can use any since you are a foreigner, that was just an observation on my part and isn't really necessary.

pkjag:

The pronounciation is Ahsante, but Asante is also accepted, most muslims at the coast will use arabic pronounciation. Also, you can use any since you are a foreigner, that was just an observation on my part and isn't really necessary.

Alrighty

I have noticed that there is a lot of cute girls in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda,Rwanda; I might travel in East Africa someday

Ogobara:
I have noticed that there is a lot of cute girls in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda,Rwanda; I might travel in East Africa someday

Yeah, we don't want anti-Obama propaganda here

I am from the Sahelian regions of West Africa, I love Kenyan music a lot, more than Nigerian music, some time I viste your Web page wanting to learn about East Africa; but I wonder why you guys loooove and admire 'Wazungus' sooo much; is it bc of christianity? bc in my country we hate them a lot, in fact there are not many of them there, they have no single influence in my country, no investment nothing,, we don't give a damn about them.

Ogobara:
I am from the Sahelian regions of West Africa, I love Kenyan music a lot, more than Nigerian music, some time I viste your Web page wanting to learn about East Africa; but I wonder why you guys loooove and admire 'Wazungus' sooo much; is it bc of christianity? bc in my country we hate them a lot, in fact there are not many of them there, they have no single influence in my country, no investment nothing,, we don't give a damn about them.

You love Kenyan music more than Nigerian? That's a first for me, how come? Also name your favourite songs.

Africans everywhere love wazungus, in Kenya it seems like that because we don't have petrodollars like you guys, so we have to be nice to them, basically every Kenyan grows up knowing that you have to welcome and accept tourists cause they bring in top dollar. You probably don't know this but Kenya is the largest non-resource based economy in Africa, we do not export any minerals or fossil fuels and because of that Tourism is very important, our economy is really sophisticated and diverse so we have to optimize every economic avenue and so wazungus are treated well because they help us do that by buying our tea, coffee and flowers and coming as tourists and investors even though there're Al-Shabaab.

But you can't say that we love them maybe more than our African brethren, it's just that we have had a better environment for them to like us probably more than other African countries. What would you say of Angola, the Portuguese probably love the place more than they do Portugal and the locals don't seem bothered at all, Namibia too and Zambia.

Comment deleted already? These mods are fast o

soilsista:
Comment deleted already? These mods are fast o

What did it say? I never got to read it?

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I wrote the complet list of my favourit kenyan songs, but the mod deleted it, and locked me up the page for 24h, I wonder why?

Lol the guy above me posted. Just songs and it got deleted? Wow

Ogobara:
I wrote the complet list of my favourit kenyan songs, but the mod deleted it, and locked me up the page for 24h, I wonder why?

Lol that's the spambot, not the mods, try posting shorter lists. Post one list then wait five minutes n post another, that way you won't alert the damn spambot.

Ogobara:
I wrote the complet list of my favourit kenyan songs, but the mod deleted it, and locked me up the page for 24h, I wonder why?

Haha looks like you got banned again, by short list I mean like 5-10 entries, not thirty in quick succession. And if they are links, youtube links, just post one or two and wait five minutes for the next.

pkjag:
Haha looks like you got banned again, by short list I mean like 5-10 entries, not thirty in quick succession. And if they are links, youtube links, just post one or two and wait five minutes for the next.

Here is it:

Ogobara:

Here is it:

Haha great, where did you learn and hear so many Kenyan songs? I didn't know Nigerian radio stations play our music and the word Leka Dutigite isn't Swahili it's Kiha (but the rest is sang in Swahili) and it means let's dance, the language is mutually intelligible with Kirundi/Kinyarwanda and is spoken in Kigoma town where many of the most successful Tanzanian artists come from (Ali Kiba, Ommy Dimpoz, Chege, Diamond Platnumz, etc.). The town is really historic cause it's a border town where numerous Congolese migrants settled, so it is likely that even Diamond Platnumz's ancestors were Congolese. Also it is a great tourist centre where you get to see the beautiful Lake Tanganyika beaches that actually look like ocean beaches.

pkjag:


Haha great, where did you learn and hear so many Kenyan songs? I didn't know Nigerian radio stations play our music and the word Leka Dutigite isn't Swahili it's Kiha (but the rest is sang in Swahili) and it means let's dance, the language is mutually intelligible with Kirundi/Kinyarwanda and is spoken in Kigoma town where many of the most successful Tanzanian artists come from (Ali Kiba, Ommy Dimpoz, Chege, Diamond Platnumz, etc.). The town is really historic cause it's a border town where numerous Congolese migrants settled, so it is likely that even Diamond Platnumz's ancestors were Congolese. Also it is a great tourist centre where you get to see the beautiful Lake Tanganyika beaches that actually look like ocean beaches.

Wow! that's awesome, I though it was a dark colored lac, like all others;here it looks like an ocean; that might explain some of the reasons why muzungus love those east African places so much;in my country, it's hot as f*k, they can't stand it
-Iam not from Nigeria, but I am West African though
- you know with the Internet, ppl have access to a lot of things nowadays. thanks the information.

It seem that religion are very important for your artists, most Kenyan music I hear are about religion; being too religious can prevent artists to gain international recognition even if they have the talent.
I am interested about learning that language;
Did you knew that Swahili was about to became a common language for buziness for the whole continent? and do you know who prevented it? it's your Barack Obama, when he killed Muamar Qaddafi.

Ogobara:

Wow! that's awesome, I though it was a dark colored lac, like all others;here it looks like an ocean; that might explain some of the reasons why muzungus love those east African places so much;in my country, it's hot as f*k, they can't stand it
-Iam not from Nigeria, but I am West African though
- you know with the Internet, ppl have access to a lot of things nowadays. thanks the information.
It seem that religion are very important for your artists, most Kenyan music I hear are about religion; being too religious can prevent artists to gain international recognition even if they have the talent.
I am interested about learning that language;
Did you knew that Swahili was about to became a common language for buziness for the whole continent? and do you know who prevented it? it's your Barack Obama, when he killed Muamar Qaddafi.

Yeah the gospel industry in Kenya is big but not bigger than the secular music that's why you get to hear some of their music.
I can't really comment abt Obama n Gaddafi but what I know is that Swahili is becoming more important in Africa regardless of what anybody does to stop it.

hihi, I love learning languages and I wish to learn swahili.
The only swahili wod I know is akuna matata meaning 'noworries'
So first how does one greet in swahili ? @op

qbd2:
hihi, I love learning languages and I wish to learn swahili.
The only swahili wod I know is akuna matata meaning 'noworries'
So first how does one greet in swahili ? @op

Yeah, you are gonna have to start from the first page, it's all there.

Watu wangu, nimetekwa sana na majukumu hata muda wa kuwasilisha funzo bado mgumu kupata ila natumai mko poa na nawaomba mnisubiri nitarudi hivi karibuni (My people, I've been so busy that i've found no time to offer lessons but i hope you are fine and i pray that you wait for me coz i'm coming back soon)

pkjag:
Watu wangu, nimetekwa sana na majukumu hata muda wa kuwasilisha funzo bado mgumu kupata ila natumai mko poa na nawaomba mnisubiri nitarudi hivi karibuni (My people, I've been so busy that i've found no time to offer lessons but i hope you are fine and i pray that you wait for me coz i'm coming back soon)

The similarities again.

Tutakuwa kusubiri...Google translate things

soilsista:

The similarities again.

Tutakuwa tukikusubiri (or tunakusubiri)...Google translate things

What similarities?

pkjag:

What similarities?

The bolded words.
Watu-batho(people) in Sepedi
Funzo-fundzo(education) in Xitsonga or Tshivenda not quite sure which.

soilsista:

The bolded words.
Watu-batho(people) in Sepedi
Funzo-fundzo(education) in Xitsonga or Tshivenda not quite sure which.

funzo basically means lesson and education is elimu but I get why there're similarities, I'd like to know what to be taught is in those languages, in Swahili it's funzwa or fundishwa

pkjag:


funzo basically means lesson and education is elimu but I get why there're similarities, I'd like to know what to be taught is in those languages, in Swahili it's funzwa or fundishwa

Ukufundiswa in Zulu. The other languages I'm not sure.

Lol maybe I should start with knowing our languages first

soilsista:

Ukufundiswa in Zulu. The other languages I'm not sure.

Lol maybe I should start with knowing our languages first

Oh sorry forgot to add the ku prefix for to, so it becomes kufundishwa or kufunzwa, yeah the similarities are now becoming clearer

Nimerudi (I'm back), can't believe I never taught you how to say your names

So another greeting is:

Singular
Hujambo and you reply Sijambo

Plural
Hamjambo and you reply Hatujambo

To say your name:

Someone asks you:

Jina lako ni nani?

and you reply

Jina langu ni _____________

or

Wewe unaitwa nani?

and you reply

Mimi ninaitwa ____________

Also

Someone asks where you are from:

Unatoka wapi?

and you reply

Ninatoka_________

or

Kwenu ni wapi?

and you reply

Kwetu ni _________

Hujambo. Jina langu ni Tumi. Ninatoka South Africa. Shuuu it's been long man!! I even forgot about this

soilsista:
Hujambo. Jina langu ni Tumi. Ninatoka South Africa. Shuuu it's been long man!! I even forgot about this

Sijambo mwanadada mwenzangu (Hello my fellow lady), also South africa is called Afrika Kusini or as the Tanzanians say, Usauzi, because they have a problem with pronouncing 'th'.

Germany - Ujerumani
England - Uingereza
Amerika - Marekani
Spain - Uhispania
Portugal - Ureno
Belgium - Ubelgiji
Netherlands - Uholanzi
Switzerland - Uswizi
France - Ufaransa
Japan - Ujapani
China - Uchina
The Arab world - Uarabuni

For African countries, Swahili has names for the countries that the Swahili people used to trade with before colonization, the other African countries' names stay the same.

Ethiopia - Uhabeshi
Egypt - Misri
Seychelles - Ushelisheli
Comoros - Komoro/Ngazidja
Mozambique - Msumbiji