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Am a native Swahili speaker , teaching Swahili online join me here for more telegram group https://t.me/learn_swahili_here Or contact me inbox

Will any native Swahili speakers tell me their opinions on African Americans learning the language? I’ve always considered African Americans as people with out a culture as ours was striped from us once we were put on American soil. The native traditions, languages, religion, etc was stolen from our people and we have no true way of tracing back where we came from in order to try to learn or adopt any culture traits. However, now we can easily learn new languages on our phones. Would African Americans learning Swahili & potentially using Swahili as a primary home language be considered cultural appropriation in any way? I’d like to hear the thoughts of others on this idea.

In a few months I plan on re-learning my old forgotten Swahili. I've found some acceptable resources, but the thing I lack is something to read with audio. There is some such material in swahilipod101, but that's all I've found. I was bummed out to see VOA and BBC had no material that has both audio and text. Suggestions?

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Hello, Swahili learners, I would like some people that know Swahili to be in my WhatsApp group. If you are interested, please come say hello! https://chat.whatsapp.com/IjPuNHEjzD64VTYPLGkUIv

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I have recently lost a family member who loved to travel to Africa, it was her dream to live there one day. She gave me several wrap skirts from there when I was younger and I want to turn them into keepsakes for her siblings. One of the skirts has writing on it that reads "Siwezi kupoteza muda wakujibishana na wewe" and I was wondering what it meant. Thank you in advance for your help.

Note: I also posted this in r/swahili, as I'm not sure which sub is more active and which sub is appropriate...apologies. Oddly, I saw no option there to crosspost...odd odd.

Regardless, I appreciate any help you have to give! Onto the post:

I know that might be a weird question. I'm a somewhat experienced language learner, and I'm thinking about starting studying Swahili sometime next year -- right now I'm still focusing on Japanese. While Japanese is going to be my focus for the time being, something that I did before I dedicated myself to Japanese was do some preliminary Anki studying...I studied the numbers a bit, and some basic grammar. It was really helpful when I started studying the language to have a bit of basis in the language.

So for now, I think I can justify say, 15 minutes a day, and I can set aside some time to read through a grammar overview or two, just not actually sit down and worth through a textbook with exercises etc.

I feel pretty comfortable about actually studying the language...I'm pleasantly surprised by the number of decent resources! (though what dictionary do people with iPhones use??). But I'm not sure how to best use this limited time over the next year.

The thing most people seem to struggle with most are the noun classes, so my thinking was that I could perhaps just use anki to review...nouns with their noun class? the noun classes themselves? This is the crux of the question: what would be the most helpful to let me hit the ground running when I have more time? Let's say I have time to study...1000 flashcards over that time period. That could be 1000 words or...something else. Any suggestions?

I should also add that my goal is 100% conversation. I largely only really care about being able to talk to people.

Hey! I’m the developer of QuizKlip, a free application for Google Chrome that you can use to learn languages ​​while reading online articles. You can build vocabulary lists in your target foreign language and export the lists to flashcard apps including Quizlet and Anki.

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I've seen "Mageuzi" and "Mageuko" as possible translation, but im curious what the most accurate translation is.

I'm currently reading Ndoto ya Amerika by Ken Walibora and I'm noticing a lot of constructions using conjugated -kuwa and another conjugated verb, like:

> Mama alikuwa akinichapa

> pia alikuwa akichukia kwao

> nilikuwa nikimwuliza , etc.

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What is the difference between *nilikuwa nikimwuliza* and *nilimwuliza*? How would one translate these -kuwa sentences into English?

what is 10,000,001 in swahili words? and what about 11,000,000. Milioni kumi na moja?

I am trying to create a number to words app. I am stuck here.

I'm using Duolingo to learn Swahili and in one of the more advanced skills the -kwisha- or -sha- prefix is introduced and it is explained how it is used with -me- to form "have already", as in "I have already cooked" = nimeshapika. So far so good.

But in some exercises the -sha- prefix is used with the -li- past form and the translations are in the form of "had already", as in "I had already cooked" = nilishapika.

Is this correct? I haven't seen any explanation of this usage anywhere, so I'm a bit skeptic.

I've been learning Swahili every day for almost 2 months now. Kidogo kidogo. I'm curious what people are using to help them learn the language. This is what I'm doing...

I'm currently using Language Transfer's free audio program. I also occasionally look up kids' songs on Youtube to learn simple things but I haven't been able to find much. I also just started watching Swahili movies online (they are soo cheesy, haha!). I was using Duolingo for a while but realized I wasn't actually learning much so I've stopped that. I've been trying to get my hands on a copy of Simplified Swahili but haven't had any luck yet.

I would love to become fluent. I am going to continue my independent practice and will aim to spend a month sometime next year in Zanzibar or rural Kenya to really immerse myself in learning and practicing. Would love to know what everyone else's plan is to learn Swahili.

I've been learning Swahili every day for almost 2 months now. Kidogo kidogo. I'm curious what people are using to help them learn the language. This is what I'm doing...

I'm currently using Language Transfer's free audio program. I also occasionally look up kids' songs on Youtube to learn simple things but I haven't been able to find much. I also just started watching Swahili movies online (they are soo cheesy, haha!). I was using Duolingo for a while but realized I wasn't actually learning much so I've stopped that. I've been trying to get my hands on a copy of Simplified Swahili but haven't had any luck yet.

I would love to become fluent. I am going to continue my independent practice and will aim to spend a month sometime next year in Zanzibar or rural Kenya to really immerse myself in learning and practicing. Would love to know what everyone else's plan is to learn Swahili.

Good morning, I’m starting a new job as the summer principal of a school with some Swahili speaking students, and I would like to say a few words to them in their language. Could anybody please translate the following? Thanks!

Phrase: Welcome to [name of school]! We hope this will be an exciting, positive and wonderful summer for all of you. Together, we will succeed.

Hello, I am working on a project, aiming to translate the English word hustle to as many languages as possible. I would like to know the possible translation(s) or approximation(s) in Swahili.

The meaning of hustle I'm going for: to obtain by energetic or aggressive activity; to make strenuous efforts to obtain especially money or business; to obtain money by fraud or deception; to grind (out).

Ps. I posted this in the other learn swahili sub as well, I hope it's ok.