#kiswahili

[kbuty]

“MAMA NIPE RADHI KUISHI NA WATU KAZI”

English Translation: “Mother give me pleasure, living with people is hard”

#textiles #blue #kiswahili #swahili #east africa #east african #African #african art

[songofwizardry]

It's speak your language day! I have some fun facts on Kiswahili! Translation under the cut.

Leo hapa Tumblr ni siku ya kuongea lugha yako ya kwanza (inaitwa speak your language day)! Kuisherehekea siku hii, nilitaka ku shiriki nanyinyi nyote semi chache za Kiswahili. Kiswahili ina utajiri nyingi ya mapokeo ya mdomo, na kuna desturi na historia ndefu ya kusimulia mahadithi, kutega vitendawili, n.k.

Kwa mfano, ukitaka kusimulia hadithi, unaanza hivyo:

Msimulizi: Hadithi hadithi!

Hadhira: Hadithi njoo, uongo njoo, utamu kolea!

Msimulizi: Zamani za kale...

Hadithi zinazosimuliwa mara kwa mara ni hadithi za wanyama wa porini: sungura mjanja, mfalme simba, fisi, na kadhalika; hadithi kama hizi zinapatikana katika nchi nyingi za Kiafrika.

Vitendawili ni semi zinazotegwa, na watu wanatakiwa wazifumbulie. Watu wanaoongea Kiswahili kawaida wanajua vitendawili vingi, kwasababu tunazifunza katika shule ya msingi—mi mwenyewe nakumbuka nilipokuwa katika darasa la saba, kabla ya mtihani ya taifa, nilikaa ninakariri vitendawili kama arobaini! Vitendawili vinachekesha na vinachemsha bongo, kwa mfano:

"Askari wangu ni mpole lakini adui wanamhara." (Jibu: paka)

"Tajiri wa rangi." (Jibu: kinyonga)

"Numba yango ina nuguzo mmoja." (Jibu: uyoga)

"Mzungu katoka ulaya no mkono kiunoni." (Jibu: kikombe)

Kwa ukweli mi mwenyewe nimeaanza kusahau vitendawili vingine—lakini zinapatikana ukiGoogle siku hizi!

Kiswahili ni lugha yenye historia, desturi, na vipengele vingi vya kuvutia—siwezi kuziandika zote hapa, lakini kwa mfano, muda ya Kiswahili ("swahili time"), ngeli za nomino, historia ya uandikishi wa Kiswahili (kuanza na harufi za Kiarabu), na ilivyotengenezwa 'lingua franca' katika Tanzania, na lugha ya taifa baada ya uhuru. Natumaini mtafunza kidogo kuhusu lugha ya Kiswahili leo—usiache baada ya kujua 'Hakuna Matata' tu!

(Kama nimokesea sarufi, samahani sana! Siku hizi siandiki kwa Kiswahili kwa kawaida.)

(Translated from Kiswahili/Swahili, with some extra notes)

Today, here on tumblr, is Speak Your Language Day! To celebrate this day, I wanted to share with you a few short sayings in Kiswahili. Kiswahili has a rich variety of oral traditions, and there is a long history and tradition of narrating stories orally, posing vitendawili (common riddles), etc.

For example, it is traditional when one is narrating a story to start like this:

Narrator: A story, a story!

Audience: Story, come! Fiction, come! Make it sweet!

Narrator: Once upon a time...

The common tales that are narrated are folk tales involving wild animals: common characters of the cunning hare (sungura mjanja), the king lion, the hyena—folk tales of similar nature can be found in many African countries.

Vitendawili are short sayings that are posed, and people need to solve/figure them out. People who speak Kiswahili will know many of these, because we learn them in primary school—I remember when I was in Grade 7, before my national exams (standardised tests taken at the end of primary school), I sat and memorised about forty different vitendawili! Vitendawili can both make one laugh, and be mind-bogglers (literal translation: they boil the brain), for example:

"My soldier is so gentle, but the enemies are scared of them."

"The one wealthy in colours."

"My house has only one pillar."

"The white man has come from England with his hand on his waist."

Answers to the vitendawili are at the bottom.

In all honestly I have forgotten a lot of the vitendawili—but these days you can Google and find lists of them easily!

Kiswahili is a language with a rich history, and many fascinating features—I couldn't write them all here, but for example, Swahili time, our many noun classes, the history of writing Kiswahili (there are early Kiswahili writings using the Arabic script), and the way it originated as a lingua franca and how it became the national language and a uniting factor in Tanzania after independence. I hope you'll look up the history of or a little bit of Kiswahili today—it's much more than just the phrase 'Hakuna Matata'!

(My apologies if I've made any grammar mistakes—these days I don't often write in Kiswahili. Also, because I intentionally wanted to write this in Kiswahili first, and then translate it, and I'm not practiced at translation, the English sounds clunky/weird—my apologies, but hey, it's SpYLD, I gotta prioritise the non-English text.)

Answers to the vitendawili:

A cat

A chameleon

A mushroom

A teacup

Some links:

Langfocus' Swahili video, which is a really good primer

The online Kiswahili dictionary I use most

For Kiswahili news, BBC Swahili (both online and you can listen to the radio) is pretty good. There's also many, many Kiswahili language news sites you can find, eg Mwananchi.

And of course, music!

Bongo flava is a genre of Tanzanian music (that originated in Dar es Salaam! Bongoland!)—it's a vibrant genre, it's closely linked to hip-hop and Afrobeats; I have a soft spot for the Bongo Flava of the 00s, so here's Usineseme by Ali Kiba (2009)

Sauti Sol are super well known these days, with good reason! They're awesome! They sing in both Kiswahili and English, but my favourite song of theirs is Nairobi

And in a departure from my usual brand, some patriotic music—this is a remix of the traditional patriotic song Tanzania Tanzania, recorded to encourage people to vote in the 2015 elections. I like it because it's a fun video that captures a lot of different parts of Dar es Salaam.

#this got so much longer than i planned #and translation is hard my god #spyld #speak your language day #kiswahili #swahili #languages #linguistics #home and neighbouring lands #text post #my post #anyway hope you all have enjoyed this journey in which i learn bad i am at translation #and how much specific kiswahili vocab i've forgotten #i can feel my primary school teachers' disappointment

[spyld]

thanks for organising this! i've posted about kiswahili, the language i'm most fluent in aside from english, and a fun phrase in kiswahili is a riddle/mind-boggler is called 'chemsha bongo', or "boiling the brain". also, kiswahili has a specific verb for "put something on the stove/to boil", and i find myself endlessly frustrated that english doesn't have it.

What a coincidence! I was just reading your Kiswahili post!!

Thank you for the facts!

#kiswahili #swahili #spyld posts #ask

[whencartoonsruletheworld]

Does anyone have a good resource on translations for the Zulu/Kiswahili lyrics in The Lion King musical? I haven’t been able to find any good ones and it’s driving me insane

#the lion king #lion king #zulu #kiswahili #mine

[sehnis]

[ youtube ] [ lyrics ] [ song of the week playlist ]

#usiniache #chelea man #music #youtube #sotw4923 #song of the week #swahili #kiswahili #a. chelea man #s. usiniache #. it was love on first sight with this song #*mine

[kutyozh]

boy I love radio garden. opened the app, started playing a random radio station in Tanzania (it happened to be Kipiti Radio in Mbeya), and they played this banger:

#. it's not on spotify so i would have never found it if not for this app fhfjds #. the song is from 2019 so I feel slightly late to the party but hey #. it's gooood #music #kiswahili #music in kiswahili #r.mp4 #Youtube

[javasquats]

Pinned Post :-)

Hi, I’m Toby. I have deleted my 2016-2018 blog and started again with a clean slate. Art blog is @javasquats-art. Kemetic blog is @veneration-of-truth.

Current interests:

Linguistics

Goofs and jests

Comics

An ever-changing rotation of tv shows (better call Saul, Star Wars (in a queer way), bee and puppycat, pjo, good omens, cunk on earth, dragon prince etc etc)

Podcasts (TAZ steeplechase, the penumbra podcast)

Aromanticism as an identity and also my philosophy which accompanies it

Philosophing (qualifications: my brain, eyeballs, and ear holes)

Languages I’m learning:

Swedish: 3 years

Swahili: took college classes for 1 academic year, I’m trying to continue independent learning. Defo beginner level

Mandarin: took 2 years in high school, promptly forgot most of it. Started self studying again a few months ago

Ok that’s it for now byeeeeeee

#linguistics #kemetism #egyptian mythology #taz steeplechase #tdp #the dragon prince #wwdits #the penumbra podcast #tpp #cyrano de bergerac #moominvalley #aromaticism #aromantic #aro #swahili #kiswahili #Swedish #svenska

[wanjikusblog]

Mashabiki wa lugha hawa.

Kiswahili kimesambaa kweli. Lakini hapo zamani, Kiswahili kilikuwa kinazungumzwa pwani ya Afrika Mashariki pekee, na sana sana katika eneo la Tanzania na Unguja. Kwingineko, Kiswahili imekuwa lugha inayozungumzwa katika sehemu mbali mbali za ulimwengu, zikiwemo Bara Ulaya, Japan, na kadhalika.

Na wenyenji hawa wa Ujerumani ambao walikuwa wamehudhuria kongamano la Kiswahili pale chuo kikuu cha Hamburg, wanathibitisha wazi kwamba mtu yeyote anaweza kukizungumza Kiswahili kama mzaliwa asili wa Afrika.

#kiswahili #language learning #social media #germany

[2ktunimay]

#tanzania #kiswahili #africangirl #zanzibar #planet #water #music #black girls #africa #fabric #beauty #fashion model #orange

[monriatitans]

QUOTE OF THE DAY Sunday, November 6, 2022

"A long-standing Kenyan tradition, a harambee is a type of self-help event that's deeply ingrained in the moral compass of the country. The word itself means 'all pull together' in Kiswahili, Kenya's national language. It is the nation's official motto; it appears on the country's coat of arms; and it encompasses a concept of placing the group before the individual. For us Kenyans, a harambee represents an unwritten law of generosity, and regardless of class, ethnic group, gender or religious background, we will lend a hand to assist anyone in need." - Mwende Mutuli Musau, "Harambee: The law of generosity that rules Kenya"

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#mwendemutulimusau #quoteoftheday #educational #harambee #allpulltogether #selfhelp #selfhelpevent #civicunity #cooperation #moralcompass #lawofgenerosity #generosity #officialmotto #kiswahili #kenya #kenyantradition #mwendemutulimusauquote #mwendemutulimusauquotes #educationalpost #educationalposts #learnsomethingneweveryday #becomesmartereveryday #becomempowered #bempowering #monriatitans #theweekendgameshow #wgs #quotescreatorapp

[nonenglishsongs]

Top 40 Tuesday - #8 on Kenya YouTube Music Videos | Soundkraft - Tiktoker (Swahili)

#catchy hip hop #top 40 tuesday #soundkraft #assuming swahili bc: kenya. bc: google translate said it. bc: I heard nakapenda #tiktoker #swahili #kiswahili #swa #bantu #nigercongo #africa #kenya #2023 #2020s #hip hop #what language is this

[atikaschools]

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#kiswahili

[wamathai]

Google introduces Kiswahili on Bard, its conversational AI service

Google has announced that Kiswahili is the first African language to be included Bard, its conversational AI together 40 new languages and 59 new countries and territories. The expansion includes new features that allow users to better customize their experience, boost their creativity, and get more done. Bard is now available in most of the world, including countries in the European Union (EU),…

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#AI #Artificial Intelligence #Bard #Google #Kiswahili

[kimludcom]

diamond platnumz feat fally ipupa Inama Official Dance Routine #Inamachallenge

diamond platnumz feat fally ipupa Inama Official Dance Routine #Inamachallenge

#youtube #diamond platnumz #fally ipupa #inama #kiswahili #tanzania #Lingala #DRC #music #artists #Est Africa #central african republic #Africa #French #artists on tumblr #Bad Gyal Cassie #ÉCOLE DE DANSE AFRO EN LIGNE #dance #dansen #choreography #Inamachallenge

[67hakky]

Happy Easter 🐣

Happy Easter May this special day bring peace, happiness and prosperity. #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #easter #writing

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#hadithizakiswahili #imagenation #love #pingusalama #stories #storyzakiswahili #thecircle #thecirclestory #TheEllizy #kiswahili

[jnstoriwosamuel]

Sukari ikiisha nipe chumvi nilambe

Hata sukari uliyo nayo ikiisha,Nipe chumvi mpenziNami nitailambaNi wewe tu nakuthamini,Ni wewe,NakupendaMaombi yangu kwa MolaNiwe nawe kila sikuZa maisha yangu. ©️ UncleSamPoetry Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/officialUncleSamOriwo/

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