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Kiswahili word of the day-gctid170165

Started by Heru Djet, Dec 15, 2015, 10:17 AM

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Jun 23, 2017, 10:05 PM #75
Uzima (noun) adulthood, completeness, energy, existence, full-development, health, life, lifetime, maturity, perfection, reality, vigor, vitality, and wholeness.
"Since most of our conscious modes of conceptualizing, acting and moving about are conditioned in part by our language, to use the language of another culture is to use that culture's ideas; and to use another culture's ideas in place of one's own is to relegate the latter to a position of de facto inferiority."
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Jul 17, 2017, 12:27 AM #76
mvua (noun) rain
"Since most of our conscious modes of conceptualizing, acting and moving about are conditioned in part by our language, to use the language of another culture is to use that culture's ideas; and to use another culture's ideas in place of one's own is to relegate the latter to a position of de facto inferiority."
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Jul 18, 2017, 05:51 PM #77
In iKalanga  rain is vula (also water), and in Setswana rain is pula. All three sound similar.
Aug 11, 2017, 06:48 PM #78
serikali (noun) government
"Since most of our conscious modes of conceptualizing, acting and moving about are conditioned in part by our language, to use the language of another culture is to use that culture's ideas; and to use another culture's ideas in place of one's own is to relegate the latter to a position of de facto inferiority."
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Aug 22, 2017, 08:40 PM #79
kupatwa kwa jua (noun) solar eclipse
"Since most of our conscious modes of conceptualizing, acting and moving about are conditioned in part by our language, to use the language of another culture is to use that culture's ideas; and to use another culture's ideas in place of one's own is to relegate the latter to a position of de facto inferiority."
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Oct 24, 2017, 08:15 PM #80
bunited snakesra (noun) good judgment, acumen, wisdom, prudence, sagacity, skill, diplomacy, tact.
"Since most of our conscious modes of conceptualizing, acting and moving about are conditioned in part by our language, to use the language of another culture is to use that culture's ideas; and to use another culture's ideas in place of one's own is to relegate the latter to a position of de facto inferiority."
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Dec 12, 2017, 01:29 AM #81
mwovu, noun, (plural waovu) wrong doer, wicked one
"Since most of our conscious modes of conceptualizing, acting and moving about are conditioned in part by our language, to use the language of another culture is to use that culture's ideas; and to use another culture's ideas in place of one's own is to relegate the latter to a position of de facto inferiority."
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Jan 11, 2018, 06:29 PM #82
sifuri, noun, zero, the absence of quantity
"Since most of our conscious modes of conceptualizing, acting and moving about are conditioned in part by our language, to use the language of another culture is to use that culture's ideas; and to use another culture's ideas in place of one's own is to relegate the latter to a position of de facto inferiority."
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Jan 12, 2018, 08:30 PM #83
furaha, noun, pleasure, happiness, joy, cheerfulness
"Since most of our conscious modes of conceptualizing, acting and moving about are conditioned in part by our language, to use the language of another culture is to use that culture's ideas; and to use another culture's ideas in place of one's own is to relegate the latter to a position of de facto inferiority."
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Jan 18, 2018, 01:30 AM #84
-la, verb, eat.

Nilikikula chakula chako. "I ate your food."
"Since most of our conscious modes of conceptualizing, acting and moving about are conditioned in part by our language, to use the language of another culture is to use that culture's ideas; and to use another culture's ideas in place of one's own is to relegate the latter to a position of de facto inferiority."
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Jan 23, 2018, 08:20 PM #85
hadhi (noun): status, prestige, honor, respect, dignity
"Since most of our conscious modes of conceptualizing, acting and moving about are conditioned in part by our language, to use the language of another culture is to use that culture's ideas; and to use another culture's ideas in place of one's own is to relegate the latter to a position of de facto inferiority."
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Jan 31, 2018, 11:06 PM #86
First heard this Queen sister over 30 years........she has become a lioness for We.....
Feb 13, 2018, 08:05 PM #87
-ona (verb): see. Tutaiona bahari kesho! "We will see the sea tomorrow."

Tu: we, 1 person plural subject marker
-ta-: future tense marker
-i-: object marker
-ona: see

bahari: sea

kesho: tomorrow
"Since most of our conscious modes of conceptualizing, acting and moving about are conditioned in part by our language, to use the language of another culture is to use that culture's ideas; and to use another culture's ideas in place of one's own is to relegate the latter to a position of de facto inferiority."
-sbAt Rkhty Amen
Feb 13, 2018, 10:53 PM #88
sanaa ya mapigano (noun): fighting arts.

The plural can be expressed by using the class 10 preposition: sanaa za mapigano, "fighting arts".
"Since most of our conscious modes of conceptualizing, acting and moving about are conditioned in part by our language, to use the language of another culture is to use that culture's ideas; and to use another culture's ideas in place of one's own is to relegate the latter to a position of de facto inferiority."
-sbAt Rkhty Amen
Feb 16, 2018, 02:14 PM #89
dunia (noun): Earth, the world

Dunia ni sayari ya tatu kutoka jua (Earth is the third planet from the sun).
"Since most of our conscious modes of conceptualizing, acting and moving about are conditioned in part by our language, to use the language of another culture is to use that culture's ideas; and to use another culture's ideas in place of one's own is to relegate the latter to a position of de facto inferiority."
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