Posted on 05/21/2011 3:46:06 PM PDT by Qbert
Unasema Kiswahili?
I was speaking of it in the context of his ability to still move. If you have no blood pressure you’re not moving and most likely not conscious.
Kiswahili yangu ni mbaya. Mungu awabariki. Tuta onana.
I did a stint in the Comoros as part of a Civil Affairs team last year. Although they don’t really speak Kiswahili in the Comoros, it’s more of a swahili-arabic mix, I like the language (swahili).
Where do you work?
Mimi sijui Kiswahili, kidogo sana.
“Wapi choo?”
“Coca-cola moja, barafu mingi.”
“Wapi ni barabara qua Kitale?”
“Bwana Asifiwe”
and stuff like that. Most of the folks we worked with spoke less Swahili that I did, so I didn’t have a lot of motivation to learn it.
Right now I keep the living room couch from blowing away.
I used to live in Kenya & Uganda, with work trips to Mali, Malawi, Sudan, Somalia, Tanzania & South Africa.
I occasionally make trips back to teach villagers to hand-drill water wells. Also in Central America, Haiti and have done so in India & Vietnam.
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