Showing posts with label swahili. Show all posts
Showing posts with label swahili. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Swahili

Most Kenyans involved in tourism speak English, but their national language is Swahili (also spoken in Tanzania). Here are the (pitifully few) words we learned:

hakuna matata - no problem
jambo - hello
asante (sana) - thank you (very much)
polo polo - literally “slow slow”, meaning take it easy
sawa sawa - OK
simama - stop (the bus!)