Sorry
@Karenmm (881)
Nairobi, Kenya
December 15, 2018 5:11am CST
I'm sorry for that... Swahili is a language spoken in East Africa...it's interesting...and a nice language it's also an easy language...to learn and understand... examples are
Father (Baba)
Mother (Mama)
Siblings (Ndugu)
I love you ( Nakupenda)
What about your language is it easy or hard.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
15 Dec 18
Nakupenda is one of the few words that I understand in Swahili. A friend from Africa once taught me the words for "How are you" and "I am fine" but I don't remember the words anymore.
I think that my local language is quite difficult to learn. Foreigners struggle with some aspects of our language for instanse the two different genders. There are no rules about the genders, you have to memorize it.
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
15 Dec 18
@Karenmm I remember the word "habari". My friend used that word. He is a friend of my ex. He is from Kenya, but when I met him he was living as an immigrant in my country.
@Karenmm (881)
• Nairobi, Kenya
16 Dec 18
@Porcospino Habari is also a greeting and you answer "Mzuri"
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@porwest (78757)
• United States
15 Dec 18
The English language is particularly hard for many people, especially considering how we pronounce similarly spelled words. Comb and bomb look the same but are pronounced entirely differently. So are words like home and come. Another example is boot and foot. Food and good. Then you add in so many different words that mean essentially the same thing.
@porwest (78757)
• United States
18 Dec 18
@Karenmm I have heard very different. I think Spanish is pretty simple to learn. At least all of their vowels sound the same. It's the verb conjugations that trip me up sometimes. For example, the simple word put. If I put it, it's Yo pusé. If you put it, it's Tu pones. If he or she put it it's El or Ella puso. If they put it it's Ellos pusieron. If we put it, it's Nos ponemos. Of course that's past tense. If I WILL put it's ponerlo...and on and on it goes. In English it's just I put, you put, she put, they put, we put... lol
