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KiSwahili Crash Course

KiSwahili Crash Course

Basic kiSwahili Greetings - Part 1

Hujambo! Hello!/Hi!/Howzit!/G'day!/Howdy! [all-purpose greeting]
Habari? How's it going?
Nzuri Good
sana very/much/a lot
Nzuri sana Very Good
Nzuri sana sana Excellent!
Kwaheri Goodbye

Basic kiSwahili Greetings - Part 2

Mambo! Hey man!/Hey homes, how ya' doin'? [slang/young person's all-purpose greeting]
Poa! Cool/100%/Couldn't be better [slang/young person's response to "Mambo!"]
Karibu! Welcome!
Karibu Zanzibar Welcome to Zanzibar!
Karibu sana Come again soon.
Bafana Bafana South African national soccer team - MUCH better known than President Mandela on this island. Instant friends for life.

Other Essential Phrases - Part 1

tafadhali please
asante thank you
asante sana thank you very much
mzungu white person/European person (also: "baffling thing", "clever device")
Mzungu! Hey whitey! ("Hey European person!" ???)
pole pole slowly
haraka fast
haraka haraka! very fast

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