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Started by changua girl, Jun 24 2004 01:11 PM

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#1 changua girl

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Posted 24 June 2004 - 01:11 PM

Hi my people.
Can someone please tell me how to translate "Just like water" into Swahili? Is it something like "kama maji"?

Please answer...
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#2 rascubs

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Posted 25 June 2004 - 05:14 PM

changua girl said:

Hi my people.
Can someone please tell me how to translate "Just like water" into Swahili? Is it something like "kama maji"?

Please answer...
peace n respect


Our girl, "kama maji" is close. But it leaves out the word "just". I would think that "kama maji tu" is closer.

And on a lighter note "just like water" may also mean "penda / taka maji tu"
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Posted 27 June 2004 - 02:02 PM

rascubs, thank you so much.
I really need to learn Swahili...
Another question: Is there an extra word for "lioness" (female lion) or is there just "simba"?
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Posted 28 June 2004 - 03:49 PM

You can use SIMBA.

'Simba wa kike' is a female lion just like you can say 'simba wa kiume' - a male lion. But a lion is a lion.

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Posted 28 June 2004 - 03:50 PM

Bookmark this website: http://www.yale.edu/swahili/

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Posted 29 June 2004 - 06:05 AM

"simba wa kiume" is like saying "man lion"...a better way of saying it would be "simba dume" which means "male lion" and "simba dike" for "female lion"[/quote]

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Posted 21 February 2005 - 05:11 PM

typing error!!!!!
Female Lion is like saying 'Simba Jike'

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Posted 21 February 2005 - 08:09 PM

Hah! Umenirekebisha vizuri sana maanake Kiswa changu kibovu hata kama najitahidi ku update lakini niko mbali na Bongo.

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Posted 22 February 2005 - 08:25 AM

changua girl said:

Hi my people.
Can someone please tell me how to translate "Just like water" into Swahili? Is it something like "kama maji"?

Please answer...
peace n respect

kama bwambwa la bibi kizee

#10 blakdivious

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Posted 23 November 2005 - 12:58 PM

'kama vile maji' makes it sound just like the water but there are rare direct translateable words from english to swahili and vice versa.
Out of curiousity why the questions about some easy phrases are you a writer or amotivational speaker?

just asking.... :wink:
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Posted 11 January 2006 - 09:12 AM

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Posted 10 November 2008 - 01:11 PM

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