₦airaland Forum

HumbledbYGrace:
now kea bona hore na o no ithutela political science ka mabaka a feng.

@ ichommi welcome, and to the Easterners let me say my formal welcome to you all; Karibu katika Nairaland.

Hope I got that alrighty

Eya mma! For the love of Afrika maan. Ka bona o founile, o sharp?

Pkjag I'm still waiting for my Swahili lessons sha!! Lol let me show off the little I know: usiku mwema

Good morning guys. I trust you are all keeping warm on this very cold morning! As we are recovering from the Youth Day celebrations let's not forget the Boipatong Massacre which happened on this Day in 1992.

One of the things we weren't taught in History class. Let's educate ourselves MaAfrika amantle. Viva

ichommy:
Hello everyone *drop bags*

Hey there! Welcome

Happy Youth Day Mzansi!! Enjoy the celebrations and party safe. Don't drink le apere uniform guys, it looks wrong hle. Ke le rata ka lerato la love

Dankie Class of '76

pkjag:
Yeah, but not all government proceedings, frankly Tanzania does a better job of that than Kenya but we are catching up, yeah it is also spoken in parliament. But basically it is mostly spoken in Kenya and Tanzania, most of the other nations just use it sparingly and their swahili is almost incomprehensible due to mixture with lots of native bantu languages. e.g the people of the DRC speak a very funny form of swahili that's a mixture of french and Lingala.

BTW National means everyone speaks it and Official means it's used in government, so yeah it is Kenya's and Tanzanians Official and National language.

Lol thanks for the English lesson

GERALD710:
Kiswahili is Kenya's National language.It is spoken by everyone regardless of tribe. Swahili natives in themselves are only around half a million.It is taught as a compulsoryi subject in both Primary and Secondary
It is also spoken by nearly 200 million people in East and Central Africa giving it the status of a regional language.Mind you,it is both the National and Official language of Tanzania,the national language of Uganda and the language of Inter-ethnic communication in Eastern DRC.Swahili speakers are also found in Malawi,Zambia and parts of coastal Mozambique.

Another East African? Hello, hi

Wait, so Swahili is Kenya's national language? Does this mean all government proceedings are done in the language? Like it's spoken in Parliament and stuff? I know it sounds silly so please clarify. Thanks

pkjag:
All this time i thought you were zulu/xhosa??

Lol no sir. I'm a Mopedi girl

pkjag:
I don't think they're that different, you just have to learn the structure, that is for anybody who already speaks a bantu language, take this for example:

Mimi Ninakupenda - I love you in Kiswahili
Mina Ngiyakuthanda - I love you in Isizulu

Can't you see the similar structure in that arrangement, when you have found enough of such structures it becomes easier to learn.

Ja, now that you've given an example, it makes sense. Maybe there are a few similarities or more. The Zulu/Xhosas would know better.

pkjag:
So you know swahili, how does it compare to zulu/xhosa

Lol not KNOW know, just a few words and phrases. I can't even put a sentence together. No, they're very different hey. I think. Again, what is it with isiZulu We have ten other languages

pkjag:
Is it not the same you, who refused to answer my question on Malema becoming prezzo, wonders truly never cease anyway Madaraka in Swahili means self rule, so we celebrate the day when our first president Jomo Kenyatta took over from the British colonial governor Malcolm MacDonald as a prime minister in June 1^st 1963 before our independence which is in 12^th December 1964.

As to how we celebrate it, the president and other politicians usually assemble at Nyayo stadium, military exercises are conducted to welcome him, there are comedy, music, choir, dance acts before he speaks, he reads a speech, many people listen, reminds the people of the work the government is doing, then people go home to get drunk, but mostly people start drinking way earlier, all the Nairobi malls are packed, all the bars/hotels/beaches/entertainment spots are packed all the national parks are packed with domestic tourists, people go to the beach, the cities centres are mostly empty and there's usually no traffic, mostly it's like any other holiday but with a kenyan touch.

Nice man! So, you're proper Kenyan? I finally find someone to practise my Swahili on

Happy Madaraka Day Kenya

pkjag:
Happy Madaraka day to all Kenyans on Nairaland

What's the day all about, the history? How do you celebrate it? Educate us gentle brother! We're here to learn.

30 June

HumbledbYGrace:
been here maam, akere Seun o nkobile so I decided to be scarce. Nka botsa lena ka Nadia though

Askies. You know gore se se go ganang seo rola morwalo, akere? Mo lese ebile o go fokoleditje mmereko. Ga e be boroko sa mma

HumbledbYGrace:
lekae

Re gona re kara lena? It's been long maan. Kgane le e phihlile kae?

Do you know where Nadia is? Ke mo gopotje

pkjag:
Is anybody gonna answer my question?

NO!

morpheus24:
As for me, I like me some Soilsista!

Hahaha! I like you too Morphy

Monicasque:
It's funny how we are always nice to South Africans when they come to our country, but when we are in theirs, they treat us bad. What is it with South Africans that makes them to have such small minds?

Generalizations again! I thought we were past this. Monicasque we've interacted before on this forum, if I remember well. Was I ever mean towards you? We're done defending ourselves. You people can say whatever you want

Asiwaju9ja:
Where are u from?

Pretoria.

HumbledbYGrace tloyo!!

Asiwaju9ja:
GP

Makes sense. I know it's mostly guys, here, that speak the language. Whether they will be willing to teach you is another thing. All the best!!

Asiwaju9ja:
Eta! Mina am Nigerian, learning isizulu. Anyone want to teach a brother more? Siyabonga Kakhulu as I await your responses.

What is it with isiZulu? Most foreigners are eager to learn it, compared to other languages. Are you in KZN or GP?

I didn't want to believe this so I decided to Google the church. It's in Sosha! Thixo buya

HumbledbYGrace tlao bone

The third pic, they also eat magwinya in Nigeria? That's naaaaaarce

samtol4:
same to you sisi hope there will be free food and drinks

Lol black people and free things! Nithanda kabi