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@neuroversse4 жыл бұрын
Hi will you be doing a video on Somali? Thanks :)
@Big-guy19814 жыл бұрын
Actually there are two languages in the Comoros: - Shingazidja (Comorran) spoken in the main island. - Shimaore, shinzuani and shimaore which are the same language in the restof archipelago. No they are not dialects of Swahili. It's better to see them all as a branch of the Bantu family. Too bad you didn't make a video about the three of them. Great job still. When are you making a video on Bantu languages? African languaged seem overlooked by Linguists. Tim Donner is one of the rare KZbinrs who paid them respect.
@nuurali12454 жыл бұрын
You forget to say kiswahili alphabet ics is read as a Arabic way but written in Latinic
@abubakarrahim84824 жыл бұрын
Very great video of Swahili people and their territories but you forgot to mention Swahili islands in somalia 🇸🇴 from mogadisho, kismayo to Raskiamboni.
@adrienpolo22554 жыл бұрын
please do somali language
@SaidSaid17 жыл бұрын
I am from Zanzibar, Tanzania and this is the most accurate video about Swahili language I have ever seen. Thanks a lot for doing this.
@Langfocus7 жыл бұрын
+Said Said It's my pleasure! I'm glad you like it!
@Hassan_Mengi7 жыл бұрын
Indeed
@ngugiimbugua7 жыл бұрын
am sorry to rain on your parade but the noun classes or 'ngeli' as we call them have been changed instead of m-wa we have a-wa instead of m-mi we have u-i
@MinalC6 жыл бұрын
Is it really ninapenda kula or is it "napenda ku kula chakula" and it could also mean i like to eat.. same thing like/love
@SRALTHACNQURR6 жыл бұрын
How do y'all feel about Americans going to live there? Would it be a nice place if I had money?
@baltazar73183 жыл бұрын
I’m a native portuguese speaker and the sounds of the combination of the words are very similar, I’m learning Swahili with a Kenyan friend and it’s been very funny and cool. Ninaipenda.
@yohanashombe9162 жыл бұрын
Safi
@amandatatiana77722 жыл бұрын
Kazi mzuri
@mariethapeter74642 жыл бұрын
Ninakipenda not ninaipenda
@greysonmheni51762 жыл бұрын
Karibu-welcome
@The_Wan2 жыл бұрын
Karibu kwenye luga rafiki
@malikhuska66165 жыл бұрын
I am from Somalia I studied Kiswahili in Kenya Swahili the African language 👍👍👍
@Arslan289335 жыл бұрын
Ah, hujambo kaka
@abusaeed90374 жыл бұрын
Malik Huska hayee waria see wayeee
@njosh05054 жыл бұрын
@Chief Kingalu get over yourself.
@wizemantalk31024 жыл бұрын
@Chief Kingalu you sound so stupid. Zanzibar is the capital of Tanzania
@njosh05054 жыл бұрын
@Chief Kingalu again, get over yourself dickhead.
@gyurto4 жыл бұрын
I'm Hungarian and somehow this is the most logical language, that I've ever encountered besides Hungarian. I really like it!
@AndersGehtsdochauch4 жыл бұрын
Yes, especially the object infix instantly reminded me of Hungarian! 💜 You should consider learning Japanese, btw 😉
@gyurto4 жыл бұрын
@@AndersGehtsdochauch The writing system frightened me there, so probably won't learn it yet, but maybe in the future :D
@ethan39864 жыл бұрын
You know Hungarian you should have no fear of Japanese lol
@AndersGehtsdochauch4 жыл бұрын
@@ethan3986 The Japanese language per se is much more simple than Hungarian. But gyurto is right, the writing system is really scaring many people off - for good reasons. It _is,_ to say the least, annoying to learn. But also fascinating and beautiful, once you get there!
@gyurto4 жыл бұрын
@@ethan3986 Well a new japanese language just opened near me so maybe I will give it a try :D
@isaac1984286 жыл бұрын
I’m Kenyan norm but currently live in the USA. Since I grew up in Nairobi, we spoke both English and Kiswahili but mostly a mixture of the two, as teenagers we spoke a corrupt version of the two called ‘Sheng which was pretty cool. The older folks didn’t have a clue of what most of our conversations were about when they tried to be nosey. Ha! People in Nairobi always were jealous of the folks from Mombasa and even Tanzania for their fluent Swahili language. Haha! Shoutout from Atlanta! 😎
@esthernjoroge59995 жыл бұрын
Big up kamaa 👊👊
@RonSimiyu5 жыл бұрын
ako Nyeli
@antoooa86645 жыл бұрын
@@RonSimiyu 😂😂😂😂 Ati wapi
@Timextimex115 жыл бұрын
This “Sheng” thing is a very very practical tongue. I guess one day someone resourceful will find its usefulness in AI. I am serious! Language-wise nothing compares to it when it comes to practicability!
@USA2Brazil5 жыл бұрын
So the Tanzanian register of Swahili uses less English or more pure?
@jnyerere8 жыл бұрын
I'm a native Swahili speaker from Tanzania. The only problem when it comes to the subject of native speakers is that western sources tend to group "ethnicity" and "native speaker" as being one in the same. I'm not ethnically Swahili. Very few people in Tanzania are ethnically Swahili. However, tens of millions of Tanzanians (especially those born after 1960) would definitely consider themselves as native Swahili speakers only because in many parts of Tanzania your ethnic language is almost always secondary to Kiswahili. Also, in most cases (especially today), coming from a certain ethnic group does not necessarily mean you are able to communicate in that ethnic language. Kiswahili is such a widely spoken language that most people don't even put emphasis on their ethnic language. My father is of the Zanaki ethnic group but he doesn't know how to speak the language. His "native" language is Swahili by default. Most Tanzanians' native language is Swahili by default, even though we represent some 120+ different ethnic groups. So in reality (and as far as most Tanzanians are concerned), the actual number of native Swahili speakers should be higher while the number of second-language speakers should probably decrease a bit.
@Thkmra8 жыл бұрын
I'm going to begin learning it. Tanzanian Swahili, it is!!
@saiminayatullah66208 жыл бұрын
It's a shame to see Kenya and Tanzania unthinkingly copy the European states' ethnocidal language policies. Why not use all your languages?
@saiminayatullah66208 жыл бұрын
***** What's your ethnic background Eslan, if I may ask?
@Turkanaboy4life8 жыл бұрын
We have over 42 languages/dialects in Kenya - for purposes of communication across one's ethnic group, their is need to learn a national language thus Swahili and English were chosen. But note that these are used as 2nd and 3rd languages, most Kenyans speak their native languages every time they meet their tribes mate or are in their own ethnic lands.
@Turkanaboy4life8 жыл бұрын
The world is becoming more interconnected and a global village. If we chose Swahili, how would I would be communicating with you now? For business, trade, professional purposes...you need to learn another more 'global' language. English was selected as we were colonized by the british already had English speakers by independence + an education system. I cannot imagine learning computer science, medicine, engineering, calculus in Swahili...
@umojaafrika24475 жыл бұрын
Tanzania, Rwanda, Kenya, Sudan Kusini, Burundi na Uganda ! Umoja wetu ni nguzo yetu ! Kiswahili chetu ni umoja wetu !
@johan_johansson_4 жыл бұрын
United States of East Africa or Confoederatio Swahilica* in future? 🤔🤔🤔 Umoja wetu ni nguzo yetu - great motto... Salamu kutoka Uswidi =) * Like Confoederatio Helvetica aka an official variant of the name of Switzerland.
@kalombokalusenselwamadyese35994 жыл бұрын
Umesahu DRC 😭😭😭
@matokiswhistlesandguns.67004 жыл бұрын
Ongeza DRC hapo juu.
@stansfied15314 жыл бұрын
Sawa
@kennedywekesa37244 жыл бұрын
Ushasema. Pamoja tukitunze Kiswahili.
@MoRasheed4 жыл бұрын
Swahili is becoming the African language. More and more people are learning Swahili. I am a native Swahili speaker from Burundi, I also make videos in Swahili often.
@simonkobero36014 жыл бұрын
Nimeiona hiyo video yako kaka ila huwa nawaambia Wakenya kuwa Burundi wanaongea Kiswahili kizuri kuliko Kenya eti wanakataa.
@ijakaa_evans3 жыл бұрын
@@simonkobero3601 uongo
@simonkobero36013 жыл бұрын
@@ijakaa_evans ukweli mtupu
@KMyThe3 жыл бұрын
Good for you. I am african but i will never learn swahili because of its roots (arabian and so) cause this language is a Torjan horse... PEACE.
@msaniitz55883 жыл бұрын
@K. Shottry, while there are many Arabic words incorporated into Kiswahili (especially in Tanzania), the syntax and structure of the language is most definitely a Bantu, African language.
@SUBtheDon16 жыл бұрын
I'm Kenyan, and I have learnt Kiswahili up till I was 18 years old. I love this language because you get to appreciate the rich literal (literature) culture of the Swahili people. Beautiful poems and captivating stories cannot be appreciated succinctly in any other language. Although we share similar grammar and vocabulary library as Tanzanians, these two countries use the language in very different contexts. Tanzanians speak a more fluid and rich vocabulary and the emphasis is on polite conversation. Kenyan Kiswahili is a lot more direct and formal. This is a well down video, highly recommended! Great job.
@mushken654 жыл бұрын
Basi ongea kiswahili. Jivunie kiswahili
@unforcastedstorm4 жыл бұрын
Hey! Could you recommend some Swahili poems/stories? I love learning languages mainly because of the literature you can gain access to
@alizetikoku70164 жыл бұрын
@@unforcastedstorm as a tanzanian I can say the best stories are those narrated by an individual directly to u but u can read takadini it's a nice story, if u are interested i can recommend other stories fr u
@unforcastedstorm4 жыл бұрын
@@alizetikoku7016 I hope to have the experience of someone narrating a story to me one day! Thanks a lot for the recommendation, i'll try to find it :)
@alizetikoku70164 жыл бұрын
@@unforcastedstorm I'll ask around fr some other stories/poems u cn read
@cedrickiplimo29913 жыл бұрын
I am from Kenya and the accuracy of this is just astounding.
@Langfocus3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, sir!
@SvenRingling4 жыл бұрын
As a native German speaker, I find the pronunciation exceptionally easy (even easier than English - or Bavarian German 😂). The noun classes and the many prefixes in verbs are a challenge - by the time I’ve put a future verb together, I need to change the tense marker to past, because it takes me too long 😁 In my early stages of learning, though. Hope it will get better.
@lydiakusimba72663 жыл бұрын
Gluten tag I love germany language too
@kannadafactstar11 ай бұрын
Das ist rechts
@amosgichangi94407 ай бұрын
Great, Am learning German myself😃..
@Swahilipool4 ай бұрын
congratulations, the trick is listening to more sentence and master grammar point as you go
@MrEdman44 жыл бұрын
The best part about Swahili is that if you’re from Africa, every American will ask if you speak it because its the only African language we’ve heard of.
@victororego52083 жыл бұрын
Nah they still ask me if i speak African 🤣 💀 😂
@jamier655513 жыл бұрын
@William Hancock are those African in origin?
@jamier655513 жыл бұрын
@William Hancock but they aren't african
@jamier655513 жыл бұрын
@William Hancock Arabic is the language of Islam. Do you really think it could be African?
@jamier655513 жыл бұрын
@William Hancock do you even know a single thing about Islam or arabic? Arabic is from the Arabian Peninsula, which is in Asia. Arab, Arabia, Arabic. Islam is an Arabian religion. It originated in Arabia.
@OmarDelawar6 жыл бұрын
Siri means secret? Damn you apple!
@kathyk.39685 жыл бұрын
lol...
@FarfettilLejl5 жыл бұрын
I think it's a coincidence. Apple probably named Siri after Iris (Iris spelt backwards)
@eltonjohn83235 жыл бұрын
What of safari? also a coincidence..don’t think so Haaha
@yohanalaiser26675 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂 but why ???
@queenabri23154 жыл бұрын
😂
@10Livio4 жыл бұрын
This made me want to learn Swahili, I like the sound of it
@allykamunya3 жыл бұрын
I can teach you +255652207562 check me out on WhatsApp
@ItsAlorella292 жыл бұрын
Swahili is hard my tests literally freak me out like kinu what is kinu-
@greysonmheni51762 жыл бұрын
Karibu
@Muhanj.i2 жыл бұрын
@@ItsAlorella29 lol i have a terrifying kiswa teacher
@IntlFootPrints2 жыл бұрын
You should do it. I speak it good & I’m American
@hassangingi70334 жыл бұрын
This is the most accurate Swahili analysis I have ever seen from a white man!!! Kudos from Kenya🇰🇪
@GoLongAmerica3 жыл бұрын
I’m sure that Paul had this video double and triple checked by native Swahili speakers to verify the accuracy of its content.
@anthonyj.s.72663 жыл бұрын
@@GoLongAmerica He also does that with every other language he covers
@Swahili14 Жыл бұрын
@@GoLongAmerica except for the words Nala & PUMBA He's wrong & partially correct
@kotokinkriss27153 ай бұрын
@@Swahili14 With pumba he is right means stupid when you add an a at the end to be pumbaa, Nala means I am eating in swahili though
@Swahili143 ай бұрын
@@kotokinkriss2715 ikr Pumba as far as Tanzanian Swahili is concerned, means "maize/grain bran" And figuratively as "stupid/nonsense" Nala means I'm eating Hope it's clear rafiki
@user-lv1wn5wq7n8 жыл бұрын
Born in Nairobi I studied Swahili till I was ten.This video brought back sweet memories."Kitab" means book in Hindi too
8 жыл бұрын
Also in Turkish "kitap" is book :)
@AnishSharma-ro8xy8 жыл бұрын
Let's just say spoken, day-to-day Hindi, or Hindustani. People don't say "main pustak padh raha hoon" or things like that very frequently in everyday conversation, if you know what I mean. Kitaab is used more often (while speaking).
@MrTacoeater9998 жыл бұрын
Also in Arabic Kitab means Book!
@MrTacoeater9998 жыл бұрын
commented without watching the video HAHAHAHAHA
@MrTacoeater9998 жыл бұрын
Mo Nalayè Chill Mate, Hakuna Matata
@moon59887 жыл бұрын
I' m from Comoros and I'm so glad you have talked about us 😊😊. Our language is 30% arabic vocabulary, 60% swahili and 10 % French and other languages words 😂. But generally, we are considering that our language is In the same family as swahili. I was, once, shocked when I Heard Lupita Nyongo said in a interview an expression exactly the same way as us comorian say it 😳😨😂😂😂😂. Love y'all ❤️ # EastAfricaPower
@bantuvoicemuchaikinuthia25363 жыл бұрын
I find the comoro so fascinating..I want to learn ki komoro... Can we exchange numbers?
@lawtraf80082 жыл бұрын
On est la les comoriens
@hassanhazrat3615 Жыл бұрын
Zo kweli ?!! On n'est pas oublié 😭😭😭😭
@hassanhazrat3615 Жыл бұрын
Tu est de quelle île ? Wami mdzuani 😊
@akilimali_ndag Жыл бұрын
Yes, as a Congolese who can fluently speak both languages Swahili and French once I heard my first time Shikomori I was surprised 'cause I could hear all what people were saying. Do you guys understand the standard Swahili? Curious to know, love from Congo 🇨🇩
@luckygirl200005 жыл бұрын
I am from Tanzania and a native swahili speaker and this is the most accurate video about Swahili I have ever seen so far.
@mohdkhatib223 Жыл бұрын
Hakika! Umenena kweli.
@marymson46982 жыл бұрын
Swahili is the National Language in Kenya, you learn it at school, English is the second Language also taught in school and the we have other language( Mother tongue) some taught in school but not all, Swahili makes it easy for everyone to communicate no matter which tribe you are from.
@covfefe_drumpfh7 жыл бұрын
Swahili sounds like such a fun language.
@karenluyinda49495 жыл бұрын
Mostly the songs💞💞❤️
@mikawata49515 жыл бұрын
Yh it is 🔥
@catherinewanjira54542 жыл бұрын
Very funy
@alasmi92s5 жыл бұрын
I'm from Oman and I do speak both arabic and swahili
@jonathannestor3604 жыл бұрын
alasmi92s is Arabic and Swahili is similar
@user-ik1eu9jt2u4 жыл бұрын
@@jonathannestor360 no But there are some words in swahili language that are Arabic origin .
@briansosick20144 жыл бұрын
Moved to Oman and I'm always happy meeting Omanis proficient in Swahili
@maryamramadn66224 жыл бұрын
Hakika
@jonathannestor3604 жыл бұрын
Is Swahili is a dialect of Arabic
@martfp888 жыл бұрын
I think you and Geography now should collaborate! :)
@puntakinte20498 жыл бұрын
Yes, this is a good idea.
@KathrynSrce37198 жыл бұрын
Yesss!!! I thought the same thing.
@madi_beee8 жыл бұрын
yes!
@oliveranderson72648 жыл бұрын
YES
@burningdiamond8 жыл бұрын
But Paul already has his geo focus chanel.
@mlukubone71344 жыл бұрын
Hakuna matata sounds like a mix of Zulu “akuna” and Sotho (mathata). Means no worries too
@musimbimourine28584 жыл бұрын
There are more Kenyan dialect words related to isizulu,xhosa and sotho..and literally mean the same thing
@caroxmedia81584 жыл бұрын
Can you join me sir
@ThamiNdlalane3 жыл бұрын
@@musimbimourine2858 I have noticed that too. And this gives me an idea that maybe I should just make time and start learning it.
@sefunjege77982 жыл бұрын
I have to love Shona from Zimbabwe. There are so many similarities with Swahili.
@jmoseka6652 жыл бұрын
@@sefunjege7798 I agree. I was listening to someone speaking Shona and it sounded like Swahili that I could not understand. It is very interesting.
@iannyagah36736 жыл бұрын
Hi. Just for the record 'Nala' is a verb translated as 'i'm eating', or 'Nakula'. 'Gift' means 'zawadi'
@chareemuchareemu11975 жыл бұрын
That's true
@kaseleshekh40395 жыл бұрын
Don't that is a principal issue (nala means gift) that's just happened as a mistake, try to confess the fact that the presenter is well prepared and your way of condemning just presents some peoples of your group with such nature of weakness to stick in minor things as a source wrong interpretation, be wise if you can but don't tell others that you are wise
@chareemuchareemu11975 жыл бұрын
@@kaseleshekh4039 I speak Swahili and nala really mean "I'm eating".... Or at least I've spoken Swahili all my life. Zawadi is gift. Unless kiswahili changed
@kaseleshekh40395 жыл бұрын
@@chareemuchareemu1197 sir, maybe you appreciate me wrongly, I am not against you, but I support you 100% lam against someone comments who stick on recoding mistake on that word, while the fact about your presentation is accurate
@lynnettethuita93484 жыл бұрын
@@kaseleshekh4039 the idea is to correct not judge
@iicii777 жыл бұрын
My native language is Arabic, one day, I was watching foreign BBC news channel (Swahili BBC) and I noticed that some words were so familiar to my ears, I was really confused lol then started reading more about and decided I want to learn it, I like how it's gender neutral, the most challenging thing is that I can't find many sources and I can't practice with native speakers 😭 I really wanna have language exchange pen pals from any Swahili speaking country 😘
@moon59887 жыл бұрын
Iman Groove I'm Comorian
@lucyakinyi61787 жыл бұрын
iman don't worry ,I come from Swahili speaking country,Kenya I can help you learn Swahili if it's ok by you
@iicii777 жыл бұрын
Isra Ismaël Hi Isra :) beautiful Island, I wish I can visit someday
@iicii777 жыл бұрын
austininflorida thank you for suggestion this very very helpful site. The Swahili teacher is very good and I find his lessons far more practical and easier than the regular way of teaching languages
@iicii777 жыл бұрын
Lucy Akinyi I'd like to visit Kenya someday! I love listening to Kenyan music. If you have italki user name let me add you as my language partner
@willynkya7 жыл бұрын
i am from Tanzania.my first language is swahili. but i cant explain swahili this GOOD
@MB-tb6jy6 жыл бұрын
willy nkya because you're not a linguist
@nuansd6 жыл бұрын
Martin Hemligt Paul isn't either.
@marilinvellarrosler13526 жыл бұрын
Olá sou Brasileira podemos trocar , lhe ensino Português e você me ensina Swahili? marilin.vellar@gmail.com
@Tu51ndBl4d36 жыл бұрын
because you are african. the vast huge majority of africans dont understand their own language's structure or history. Africans tend to just go from point a to point b and not ask why they are doing that
@tatu86636 жыл бұрын
Don't be so quick to put all africans into one basket.
@PepeInRedAndGreen4 жыл бұрын
Here in Poland we sometimes use the word Swahili as a synonym for a very complicated or weird text that is difficult to understand (something like "double Dutch" in English). What is funny, it turns out that actually Swahili is not that complicated and its phonology is very similar to Polish 😁 Well, I'm not saying that it's super easy but it's definitely much easier than I expected ;) (We also use "Chinese" to mean "double Dutch" =D )
@bloggtalk50852 жыл бұрын
from now ,, use greek.. thats what we use out here..lol
@TheUserDark2 жыл бұрын
I'm from Poland and never heard of it, people say Chinese when they don't understand a text
@nigelnyoni82652 жыл бұрын
That's pretty cool. 😂 I live in Poland and I find these nativisms amusing
@bantuvoicemuchaik.k.77152 жыл бұрын
哈哈哈我是个肯尼亚的人Swahili 比中文一点儿复杂. Basically what he is explaining is how the bantu languages work....but I can tell you....the base of it is easy in pronounciation and writing.... but I can tell you. The expressions in words and combinations are really complex
@sofitocyn100 Жыл бұрын
Never heard of "double dutch" in English. The saying is "that's greek to me".
@mwasjohn585 жыл бұрын
I am a teacher of Kiswahili in high school here in Kenya and i just love it.I can teach you the basics if you need.I would like to correct that "Pumba" is not actualy stupid.The correct word for stupid is "Pumbavu"
@chrisgachoka66205 жыл бұрын
that makes more sense
@gloriousnp5 жыл бұрын
Mwas John but mwalimu PUMBA ni makapi (mf makapi (mabaki ) baada ya kukoboa Mpunga,ngano au mahindi kinachobaki ni PUMBA) Kusema Pumba ni stupid ni sawa maana limetumika kuonyesha mtu anayeongea Ujinga/kitu kisicho na mantiki sisi tunasema jamaa anaongea PUMBA kuliko kusema jamaa PUMBAVU(mpumbavu) Mimi siyo mwal wa Kiswahili sina uhakika kama concept yangu imeeleweka 🙌🏼
@dhakomodherooherokoko60374 жыл бұрын
Pumba pumbavu Legea legevu He is right according to Zanzibarians
@MagnaCartar4 жыл бұрын
@@gloriousnp you are totally right and our teacher from Kenya is also right
@abubakrsseruggosajja53494 жыл бұрын
Kumbavu in luganda
@congosrevolution86256 жыл бұрын
I’m from DRC Congo . I do speak Swahili. Our Swahili sounds really really different from Tanzania and Kenya. Their Swahili sounds a little bit like Arabic
@orinthompson6360 Жыл бұрын
can you guys understand each other though ?
@TK_197 Жыл бұрын
@@orinthompson6360 Yeah, I'm Kenyan and Congolese Swahili is a little different from ours, but still easy to understand
@Swahili14 Жыл бұрын
@@TK_197 Congolese Swahili is more rigid and stiff If your not fluent in SWAHILI It's hard to understand Congolese Tanzanians can understand almost any SWAHILI dialect with absolute ease
@gringo3002 Жыл бұрын
I've long heard that Swahili is heavily based on Arabic.
@Swahili14 Жыл бұрын
@@gringo3002 nope Like English and other languages Kiswahili is originally a Bantu language with influences from Arabic, English, German and other languages This is because slavery and colonisation under arabs, English men, and germans influenced grammar of Swahili For example the term Swahili comes from Sahel (meaning coast in Arabic) Kiswahili is purely bantu meaning Swahili language/culture
@paulMlela5 жыл бұрын
i love when people talking my language, i am Tanzanian TRANSLATION IN SWAHILI Napenda watu wanavyo ongea kuhusu lugha yangu, mi ni Mtannzania.🤗
@aggie41894 жыл бұрын
mimi dadako apa nafurahi sana
@netcologisticslimited67393 жыл бұрын
its watu wanaoongea si wanavyoongea
@mahlabriwn3054 жыл бұрын
I'd like to learn Swahili as it is widely spoken in africa,love from Ethiopia.
@gidd3 жыл бұрын
Sad y'all don't speak it there
@machiatorobel6223 жыл бұрын
@@gidd no it's no sad we have our own languages
@gidd3 жыл бұрын
@@machiatorobel622 what are you even saying
@prudencehakamba82343 жыл бұрын
It's a fan language to learn in Kenya we speak Swahili and English as our national language but at home we speak our mother tongue
@music-hx5lf3 жыл бұрын
Funny, I had the same idea: to learn the (as far as I know) most widely spoken African language. I did not come very far though. But you are in a better geographical position: I almost never meet people from Africa. Best wishes from Italy 👋.
@MunizDH5 жыл бұрын
I'm teaching myself swahili, it's a great language... Noun classes (ngeli) have been really challenging for me. Nobody speaks swahili over here (I'm Brazilian) and it makes things even more challenging. Great explanation, by the way.
@atomisedman62355 жыл бұрын
Nini ilisababisha utake kujifunza Kiswahili?
@MunizDH5 жыл бұрын
@@atomisedman6235 Habari, kaka. I Iove the African culture but I've never studied an African language. Some years ago I made a Kenyan friend (on the internet). He showed me the language and I thought... Why not?? It's an amazing language... Samahani, sikuweza kujibu katika Kiswahili. I'm still a beginner.
@fatimaa3433 жыл бұрын
It's so nice to see people learning my language .I have a similar story to yours I met a friend fom Colombia and I just fell I love with Spanish . Nakutakia kila la heri katika kujifunza kiswahili
@still_kim3 жыл бұрын
How is the progress 2 years on??
@mullethater42232 жыл бұрын
Muito legal ver um brasileiro aprendendo swahili!A língua parece legal de se estudar,quem sabe aprendo um dia kkkk mas agora o meu foco está no sueco e italiano
@Alex_Plante8 жыл бұрын
I have a friend from the Congo. We speak French at work, but I was surprised to learn he speaks Swahili with his family. He's from the South. I think Swahili is more widely spoken in the Congo that the map would suggest.
@vnkjproduction78983 жыл бұрын
Yes swahili is the most speaking language in DRCongo before franche and lingala. Swahili have 15 provinces to 26 the others is for other 3 languages.
@faithfultoyeshua45763 жыл бұрын
True
@faithfultoyeshua45763 жыл бұрын
Almost all Bantu languages sound like Swahili too
@alibashi9943 жыл бұрын
@@faithfultoyeshua4576 no I don't think xhosa or is way different from Swahili
@faithfultoyeshua45763 жыл бұрын
@@alibashi994 ok. Some
@donnajoe44426 жыл бұрын
I am a native swahili speaker from Kenya. Generally Kenyans can speak both English and Swahili fluently since these two subjects are taught in primary and secondary schools. People switch between the languages depending on who you are speaking to, so one can choose either English, Swahili or their mother tongue.
@sikoimucai51953 жыл бұрын
True then they have added a peer to peer or youth language known as Sheng only spoken in Kenya...a future Patwah (patois) of Jamaica
@juakalinyumbani2 жыл бұрын
I learned Kiswahili 1970 in preparation of a stay in Kenya. The best tool was the book "E. O. Ashtons Swahili Grammar". It contains training and a lot of good examples. Plus it teaches words needed for the excersizes. As far as I can see it is still available. Strongly recommended for anyone who want to get grips on Kiswahili and start using it. (Presently living in Kenya and using Kiswahili daily since 1979.)
@winifridatairo66602 жыл бұрын
Kwa hiyo mpaka sasa uko bado kenya au umesharudi nyumbani kwenu?
@hellenmuthoni8202 жыл бұрын
Congrats 👏👏👏👏
@jessendegwahmusic4882 жыл бұрын
Hau ni sawa muthuri 👏
@Satrio-v5xl Жыл бұрын
Which country did you come from exactly?
@amberwimer7816 жыл бұрын
My Occupational Therapist Is From Kenya & She loves teaching me her language
@chrisjames-nr1bk5 жыл бұрын
Am from Tanzania welcome
@sammwanza44024 жыл бұрын
Amber Wimer Kenyans don't know to speak Swahili like Tanzanians if you want to speak fluent Swahili come to Tanzania a Land of Peace
I love how you dig into the actual structure of the language. Fascinating.
@ajrollo14376 жыл бұрын
After watching this I ordered a copy of "Teach Yourself Swahili" and a dictionary. I'm actually learning Arabic and it might be fun to dip into Swahili. Also I know a lot of East Africans.
@samopati34965 жыл бұрын
As an East African, I'm really happy to hear that!
@familyslove70365 жыл бұрын
Hahaha. Again.
@ismelllikebeef53505 жыл бұрын
it's an easy language. I speak Swahili fluently ❤
@FarfettilLejl5 жыл бұрын
Aj Rollo, and how did you get on learning Swahili?
@TonnyOkello4 жыл бұрын
I need to order myself one. I speak basic Swahili as a Ugandan. I need to advance my knowledge and fluency .
@tarakathh5 жыл бұрын
Ninapenda kusoma lugha ya kiswahili!! Lakini nitamaliza somo moja hapa katika mji wa Nairobi na nitarudi nyumbani, Marekani. Samahani kusema kiswahili vibaya sana, mimi ni mzungu hahaha hope that made sense, I'm so bad at swahili but I'm trying!! Mimi ni mwanafunzi hodari!
@remmymiho25325 жыл бұрын
Usijali utajua na kuwa hodari kwenye kiswahili
@Mpakauseme4 жыл бұрын
Umeweza kujieleza vizuri sana hongera
@dihunzsky22524 жыл бұрын
Sadaktaa Dadangu.Naongea Kiswahili katika Taifa ya Somalia..
@mwalimukhaleed14533 жыл бұрын
Hongera sana hodari
@shamuelkulondwa2523 жыл бұрын
Hapo powa Mzungu!!!! 😂
@BlackSalamander4398 жыл бұрын
"Following Kenya's independence in 1963, the first Prime Minister, and later first President of Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta adopted "Harambee" as a concept of pulling the country together to build a new nation. " ~~Wikipedia
@marwennaceur5308 жыл бұрын
Dicks Out
@zak.8865 жыл бұрын
marwen naceur what are you talking about
@antoooa86645 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂 How is harambee related to the discussion?
@maishayamwafirika79675 жыл бұрын
he was on an acid trip, smh..
@johnwoll80715 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Kenya and Tanzania, learning what non-natives called "kitchen swahili" - basically a lazy European's version of Swahili, inevitably containing many English loan words such as "biciceli". I used to frequently hear "Harambee" called out together in unison, as a chant, when workers were doing something that required coordinated effort, like pushing a car or truck that was suck in the mud: "HaramBEE...HaramBEE..." (the BEE pronounced as a single syllable like the "Be" in "Beto O'Rourke". I do so enjoy your videos, and am stunned by your detailed knowledge of so many languages.
@AbuAli1725 жыл бұрын
I've always wanted a video that will explain how swahili started..I'm an Arab born and raised in Kenya...we speak kiswahili and Arabic at home..Amazing video i love it keep it up.
@marthakiiru80164 жыл бұрын
Which part in kenya
@henringallikingue9103 жыл бұрын
So you are kenyan arab or you consider yourself as just arab ?
@AbuAli1723 жыл бұрын
@@marthakiiru8016 born and raised in mombasa, i live in Nairobi since 04
@AbuAli1723 жыл бұрын
@mostAphA nArgisi haha yep nadhir brathangu mdogo :) MashaAllah umenitambua na ka picture kadogo kweli wewe msharp MashaAllah
@AbuAli1723 жыл бұрын
@@henringallikingue910 yes I'm Kenyan/Arab and i consider myself a proud kenyan ❤
@randomcypriot2 жыл бұрын
I am a Greek of Cyprus and our language doesn't have any kind of connection or similarity with Swahili. What I liked while learning the language is that Swahili is a logical and not a hard language. I AM confusing the "to-" verbs all the time (like "kula" and "kulala" are completely different verbs) but again the language is pretty simple to say the least..
@bantuvoicemuchaik.k.77157 ай бұрын
to eat is kukula, ..not kula.... kula is eating... ku" is the "to" then "kula" is eating... ku ~lala...and so on
@gabrielaghan2 ай бұрын
kula - to eat kulala - to sleep kula kula na kulala lala - eating and sleeping a lot.
@bikiramaria9136 жыл бұрын
I forgot to say that you are really a great lecturer, good work
@Langfocus6 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@michaelheery63034 жыл бұрын
@@Langfocus great stuff.
@mohamedvuaa15793 жыл бұрын
@@Langfocus kaka wamekusifutu ila bado kijana jitahidi kusoma
@mohamedvuaa15793 жыл бұрын
@@Langfocus umetoa wapi zile takwimu Umepata mahali gani ati nala inamaana ya zawadi
@mohamedvuaa15793 жыл бұрын
Nenda kasome historia ya kuingia kwa Wabantu in East Africa kisha soma asili na mgawanyiko wa Watu in East Africa halafu soma archaeological evidence about the local people of is the African and indigenous people of is the African usisahau kusoma kwa kina Wepi wakaazi wa kwanza au mwanzo kuhamia coastal of East Africa pia soma linguistic history and variety of theories about Swahili language mwisho kabisa kua mdadisi wa mambo na uyachambue kiundani upana wake na urefu wake is the way of avoiding subjectivism mwisho ndio ujekutoa elimu kufanya haya si kutaukuza uelewa wakotu bali pia kutatoa taarifa sahihi miongoni mwa wafuatiliaji
@oscarsmartbandah62623 жыл бұрын
Am a Malawian, based in South Africa I can tell you my second mother language is swahili apart from Tonga swahili is so sweet more than any other African languages apparently it's African English my stay in Tanzania made me feel like am in England 🇲🇼🇹🇿🇿🇦❤️❤️
@Desert_Rose_6 жыл бұрын
Swahili sounds beautiful
@niyahdelajungle37176 жыл бұрын
Desert Rose it does !
@mama.alkebulan4 жыл бұрын
It's like music and poetry when spoken
@muhmuhsini0054 жыл бұрын
Thanks Asante
@senhordoutorprofessormestr86293 жыл бұрын
I really found kiSwahili very very interesting. It's such a logical language, very intuitive
@lydiakusimba72663 жыл бұрын
Really
@queensaba91102 жыл бұрын
😊😊
@mrinalvashisth8 жыл бұрын
Although I have not studied Swahili, I have a friend from Tanzania who lived right next to my room. One day I just happened to know that he knew Swahili and I was always attracted to the language, so I methodically analyzed (what linguists do when they want to know something about a language) and as usual; the noun classes fascinated me! But the verb confused me and I ended up concluding the noun classes as different genders because the adjectives were behaving differently (this is what happens in Prakrit {Hindi}) and I was too lazy to actually look up and do the research. Each and every one of your video is a marvel, I can only imagine how laborious it would have been to combine Phonology, Syntax Analysis, Comparative Philology and History. Bravo! Swahili is a simple and beautiful language. In fact, because I know Urdu which is derived from Farsi and Arabic, most of the words are immediately recognizable. I know Spanish and due to its nearly 90% intelligibility with Portuguese, another major part of Swahili becomes recognizable. I can't tell how exciting that sensation is! Thank you for such fine work Paul, you are a true linguist to the bone!
@elsandinda8 жыл бұрын
Interesting do you also speak Hindi ? I started watching Bollywood movies as a child and was surprised to see how many shared words between Hindi and Swahili. Gari- Car, Bas- Enough, Pesa- Money, dunia- world etc..
@mrinalvashisth8 жыл бұрын
I do speak Hindi. Gari, Pesa, Dunia.. they are all Urdu words. Pure Hindi is difficult for even a native. :D Urdu sounds beautiful because it uses less phenomes (only 36) as compared to Hindi (Prakrit- which has 52)
@hanadgigis80495 жыл бұрын
@@elsandinda gadhi also is afsomali
@tbarasa105 жыл бұрын
@@alysakaryuky1200 LOL... written Swahili is hard. Spoken not so much. imo!
@NurseJamu5 жыл бұрын
Hi. I am a native Kiswahili speaker from Kenya and its my L1. Just a bit of info to add: The noun classes you mentioned are called "Ngeli" Initially they were as you presented, but they were changed a few decades ago. M-Mi is now U-I M-Wa is now A-Wa N-N is now I-I Theres also Ki-Vi, Li-Ya, I-Zi Etc etc This was in a bid to make learning kiswahili easier by using the subject pronoun in both singular and plural to name the classes (ngeli) for example Mtoto analia - Watoto wanalia (The baby is crying - The babies are crying) Here we are using "a" from analia (singular form) and "wa" from wanalia (plural) to form A-Wa class. Same to M-Mi Eg. Mti ulikatwa - Miti ilikatwa (The tree was cut - The trees were cut) We take the "u" from ulikatwa and the "i" from ilikatwa to form Ngeli ya U-I Hope it makes sense. I am not great at teaching so I can't really explain well the reasons behind it. Also all nouns indicating living things were put into A-Wa class regardless of their form so that their conjugation can be the same all through. Eg you can't say ndege hii (when u are speaking of a bird since its a living thing you say ndege huyu, ndege hawa, hence A-Wa class) but the same word can also be used to refer to a plane in which case it will be ndege hii, ndege hizi (I-Zi class) Maybe just have a look at a few primary/secondary kiswahili textbooks such as Kiswahili Mufti or Kiswahili Sanifu. They explain better. Great video I loved the explanations!
@_kachapin5 жыл бұрын
Alitumuia Kamusi ya Kale, pia kuna ngeli ya PA KU MU
@alexwachira38944 жыл бұрын
wairimu tiga wana...ati swahili is your what?salamu tu.
@jessendegwahmusic4882 жыл бұрын
Niwageria kairitu no utuike mwalimu wa Githweri
@KiswahiliWithAbdulkarim2 жыл бұрын
I try to explain this to my students but seems difficult to understand...I just have to tell them that there are two classification...the older one and the new one
@kamanana230068 жыл бұрын
As to why Ugandans(in Baganda at least) don't speak swahili, it's because it was the language of Idi Amin's military which caused great terror in the country during the 70's that's why Bugandas loathe the language and it has such a negative connotation.
@wii3willRule8 жыл бұрын
Interesting!
@RoScFan8 жыл бұрын
they shouldn't let one man ruin a language. i mean.... if it was spoken before in Uganda.
@alltnorromOrustarNorrland8 жыл бұрын
Thanx for the info!
@kamanana230068 жыл бұрын
+RoScFan it wasn't spoken there, it was the linua franca, especially in the north where the country is linguistically very diverse, the rebels were from that region and thus spoke swahili. The people in the south speak other bantu languages like luganda and lusoga.
@HediumS8 жыл бұрын
+roaringfire357 So how many people in Uganda speak Swahili now?
@sensei16402 жыл бұрын
I'm from Tanzania and this is the most accurate video on Swahili I've seen out here on KZbin ever
@peaceandlove52145 жыл бұрын
I'm Arab and I can speak Arabic,English and Persian I visited Tanzania and I really loved the language there.
@mohdkhatib223 Жыл бұрын
Welcome again. Karibu tena.
@peaceandlove5214 Жыл бұрын
@@mohdkhatib223 thanks
@lemonade_ib6 ай бұрын
Persian isn't a language, the major language of Iran is Farsi and others, Persian is an ancient civilization in present day Iran and surrounding areas. Another word for Iran is Persian but not the language.
@sylvestrestalin4 жыл бұрын
Strangely this language makes very sense to me I'm a native Persian speaker and with Arabic understanding I could understand a lot of it. besides the grammatical system is very easy to pick up on to me, I'm kinda getting obsessed with the language.
@twahirabasi97653 жыл бұрын
You are right, Swahili language is very easy to learn
@rosewambui80262 жыл бұрын
I was surprised to hear few Persian words same as Swahili eg kalamu meaning pencil or pen. Kiswahili is 50% or more Arabic
@upendo.35702 жыл бұрын
Swahili is afroasianitic language, so some part is Arabic and Persian
@holdthatlforluigi2 жыл бұрын
@@upendo.3570 Swahili is not Afro-Asiatic, but it has Afro-Asiatic influence
@BillCameronWC8 жыл бұрын
All your videos are interesting but the Swahili one is especially so. When I lived in Oman quite a few years ago, a number of our local Arab staff (we also had many Indian staff) would speak Swahili amongst themselves, rather than Arabic, as they had either been born in various parts of East Africa (places like Tanzania or Rwanda or Burundi - some of those also spoke French) or had family connection there. Even before that, when I lived in Djibouti, we used to incorporate a few words of Swahili into our internal coding system. I understand a little Swahili, basically because I know Arabic pretty well, but don't speak it. However I do think it is a really attractive language to listen to, even sometimes being said are not so nice - it is euphoric in the way that Italian usually is in my view :)
@BillCameronWC8 жыл бұрын
.. Missed out a few words near the end - after sometimes, insert "if some of the things being". Oops! ;)
@d.a.nicholaus8 жыл бұрын
as a native Swahili speaker I wondered if non speakers would find Swahili attractive to listen to. But as for me Italian is attractive to listen to.
@slytheron8 жыл бұрын
Omani Arabs did have colonies along the East African coast until the British and German conquest upon which they returned to Oman. Some of these Omanis kept the language alive from what I've heard. So it's interesting that you mentioned it here.
@Ernest0M0lina7 жыл бұрын
I don't know anything about Swahili, but I heard some recordings ( www.jw.org/sw/machapisho/vitabu/biblia-inafundisha/je-hivi-ndivyo-mungu-alivyokusudia/ ) and I fell in love with the language.
7 жыл бұрын
Im native spanish also speak english and french! I find it super cool! Im now learning swahili, JUST FOR FUN, BECAUSE IN AMERICA NOBODY SPEAKS SWAHILI HAAHA
@josephwachira64813 жыл бұрын
Young generation born out of Africa with parents from Swahili speaking language countries, needs to keep Swahili going.🇰🇪🇰🇪
@iwrotethis47125 жыл бұрын
Best thing about Swahili is that it's gender neutral.
@ranaakbulut20213 жыл бұрын
a lot of language is gender neutral as i know do you know any other gender neutral languages?
@iwrotethis47123 жыл бұрын
@@ranaakbulut2021 no
@mwanikimwaniki68013 жыл бұрын
@@iwrotethis4712 Most Kenyan languages are gender neutral. A majority of the Bantu languages are... Such as Zulu, Lingala... Etc
@weirdlanguageguy3 жыл бұрын
So are Finnish and Estonian
@christophergaspar65203 жыл бұрын
@@weirdlanguageguy and so is chinese (in speaking)
@MaroftheSea_5 жыл бұрын
whenever I have any question about any language, I immediately come to this channel. THIS IS MY FAVORITE CHANNEL ON KZbin.. thank you Paul for your great efforts. I enjoy every video you upload.
@poetryworldkenya65635 жыл бұрын
I am a Kenyan resident. True to your words, I started speaking Swahili as my first language. My parents are from different tribes, and so, that was the only compromise. I have lived in most of the major urban centers in my country, for example, Nakuru, Nairobi, Kisumu, etc. The thing is, for educational, economic, and religious settings, most of these places use Swahili widely. However, at their homes, most of the people heavily use their vernacular. That has pressured me and my other siblings to use French, just to fit in with the multilingual diversity. To answer your questions, most of the adult population, from 25 - infinity, use Swahili as a second or a third language. If they happened to have been born in the urban setting, then probably as a first language. In addition, whenever you come across a settlement inhabited by people of a distinct tribe, then, chances are that Swahili is rarely used. The good news though is that children born in the 21st century, even those in the rural areas, speak Swahili as L1. I can say about 80% of the population at the next half of this century will be native speakers. In summary, there are lots of native speakers near the coastal regions, and urban places.
@MonDieuMaCauseMonEpee4 жыл бұрын
Swahili is so Awesome!! Once you mastered the grammar and noun classes it's very exciting to speak.
@mwafrikahalisi25494 жыл бұрын
Yes! And one cannot just master Swahili just by being a proficient Arabic speaker simply because Swahili grammar is 100% Bantu. Arabic maybe about 20% of the vocabulary at the most. English vocabulary is also gaining momentum to replace some Arabic words.
@whoreofdragonstone10313 жыл бұрын
@@mwafrikahalisi2549 swahili is grammatically bantu so a congolese bantu speaker would have an easier time learning it then say a syrian would
@mwafrikahalisi25493 жыл бұрын
@@whoreofdragonstone1031 I agree with you! I meant to say Swahili is 100% Bantu. Thanks for bringing the error to my attention...
@emmanuelmalissa92355 жыл бұрын
I'm From Tanzania...Thanks a lot, this will light up Swahili more to the other people around the word... To be hosted Swahili is the best language and very simple to learn. Keep on doing this... Thanks again
@Roastpeef3 жыл бұрын
Im from Nairobi but i realized i took kiswahili classes for granted. I have began relearning swahili sanifu by reading more swahili novels!! I no longer want to stutter while speaking😁
@Κώστας_20247 жыл бұрын
Very happy to see a language from Africa.
@aishaabrahman40784 жыл бұрын
Ni kweli kiswahili .ni mchanganyiko WA. Lugha mix yaani kilichanganyika na lugha za wale wageni walokua wakiingia au walokua wakitawala kila mtu na wakati wake .waportugisi .wao walileta neno meza .Pera .na mengine.india wao walisema champal au neno bas. Arabian .ndo mengi wao ndo mengi Zaid maneno Yao kuliko kabila zilizotawala zanzibar.ndio maana tukaitwa waswahili.kwa umaarufu ya hii lugha yetu ya kiswahili.inatokana na kisiwa hichi. Zanzibar.nichimbuko la kiswahili.ah lugha tamu na nyepesi..Kiswahili oyee.
@dochizedon6333 жыл бұрын
Asante sana
@dumontthe5th2 жыл бұрын
I am a logophile and linguaphile even though I'm not multilingual in practice, I have so much love for the world's thousands of languages and your videos give respect and pay homage to Earth's many tongues! Your videos should be required in schools if they're not already! Thank you for all your efforts and presentations about the one gift that distinguishes us from all our fellow creatures: SPEECH AND LANGUAGE!
@danbondarenko78948 жыл бұрын
I noticed that this video focused, more so than usually, on the linguistic structure and the special characteristics of the language. I found this incredibly useful and interesting! Why? Here are a couple of reasons: a) It creates within me a certain craving to go out and study this language. It's like a friendly push in the direction of curiosity and learning. It's a great feeling. b) This kind of introduction is really useful when one actually wants to start learning a new language. And maybe I haven't searched well enough, but when I have searched for similiar introductions on the linguistic characteristics of a language that I am interested in learning, then these kinds of introductions have been quite hard to find. Well, that is, other than the ones that you have already made. ;) c) Even if one does not start to learn the language after thinking about a foreign language's linguistic characteristics, then I find that it still enriches the way that one thinks about linguistics in general. Quite often people (monolinguals especially) don't think about the actual linguistic underpinnings of their spoken language in everyday usage. Thus, I commend you for taking the increased amount of time to create such a valuable video. I hope to see more videos with a focus on linguistic structure in the future!
@fortunateenough.1544 Жыл бұрын
Wow this is amazing. I am Pedi from South Africa and I always thought that hakuna matata is my language Sepedi just pronounced and spelled incorrectly. The similarities between Swahili and my Sepedi always make my jaw drop, some words are exactly the same.
@AndrewKundya7 ай бұрын
Karibu sana Tanzania
@bassiroucamara57118 жыл бұрын
Your channel is the only one that makes me stop everything I do just to watch your videos! Keep it up!
@Langfocus8 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I'm glad to hear that! Just don't stop anything that's really important! ;)
@natrobinson35914 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this awesome video!!! I was born in Kenya but we moved when I was 11 and I never got a chance to learn kiswahili properly. Here I am 12 years later in Australia using Duolingo and other media to learn it. My dad helps a bit too -- he's Kenyan born and raised and speaks kiswahili, kikamba, kigiriama, and bits and pieces from other languages and dialects in East Africa. He learned it informally, working in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, but since I don't have the opportunity to practise with native speakers anymore, I'm trying to learn standardised Swahili. I've done a bit of Arabic as well, so it was funny when you said that speaking Arabic helps with Swahili, because in my case, Arabic words like 'baarid' and 'samak' were recognisable for me from Swahili. :D Swahili is such a cool and vibrant language with an awesome grammatical system!!
@yaasirhakim5013 жыл бұрын
Can we practice am from zanzibar, ?
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@yaasirhakim5013 жыл бұрын
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@tapolna7 жыл бұрын
I studied Kisawhili and lived in Tanzania for a year. You're correct about the difficulty about learning the noun classes, but I found the pronunciation quite easy. Everyone in Tanzania also knows English, the second official language, as will as another native language. So many people are tri-lingual.
@manasemwakagali93585 жыл бұрын
hi friend, i'm swahili native speaker, i you are interested to practice more shahili, i want to practice my english too
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@momohuss02438 жыл бұрын
I learned Swahili when I moved there from Canada. I lived in Mombasa, Kenya for six years. I caught onto the basics of the language and was able to communicate within a year. As you mentioned the noun class and the specifics of the language has been something that I have struggled with for years. I already spoke Arabic and Somali so a lot the vocabulary was similar. After high school I went to the University of Minnesota and best friends and roommates were from all from Kenya and I still speak the language to this day. I feel like it is an easy language to learn, much easier than Arabic and Somali. While in Kenya my little brother went to a Turkish school and learned Turkish and never learned Swahili. He said it wasn't hard but he has forgotten it, its been about 7 years since he's spoken it.
@zak.8865 жыл бұрын
Mohamed Hussein i speak somali and its not that hard and so do you i think. so at least
@zak.8865 жыл бұрын
Mohamed Hussein the reason why somali is hard to learn is due to the lack of resources
@wellarsmunyaneza92672 жыл бұрын
I'm from Rwanda. Kiswahili is very closer and similar to other bantu languages like Kinyarwanda (spoken in Rwanda and Burundi ), luganda and lunyankole (spoken by in some parts of uganda. But intresting thing is how every bantu language speaker can try to understand each other. Guy let us know how similarity is among kiswahili,kinyarwanda and Kirundi.👍👍👍
@its_hayfaam92613 жыл бұрын
I’m from Tanzania spoke Swahili my whole life but when it comes to studying in class the Swahili subject is hard 😂🚮
@fadhilisaac2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely 😆😆
@rosequinn7692 жыл бұрын
Same
@Mekhijustliving2 жыл бұрын
Very true😆😆😆
@Mina-ot9gm2 жыл бұрын
Same
@davidkamau7871 Жыл бұрын
I'm Kenyan and I went through the same struggle
@InfectiousLaugh3 жыл бұрын
I’m Omani , I’ve spoken Swahili my entire life and I’ve never been to east Africa
@cliffordoluoch32773 жыл бұрын
Omani traders in the past were so critical and influential in the creation of the Swahili language.
@itgamingke3 жыл бұрын
Even when Omani President visited east african countries he was speaking swahili and I was shocked
@ramyali63473 жыл бұрын
@@itgamingke He never foot at any East African countries. It was his ministers who had root in ZANZIBAR.
@Mamursal55 жыл бұрын
Kiswahili is also spoken in Somalia.The classes are called"Ngeli". Anyway the presentation was good.
@Mamursal55 жыл бұрын
@Wer Ich Bin? Swahili is the language for coast people. The word " Sahil" is arabic word for a coast. As you know most kenyans learn the language because its (lugha ya taifa). However, those who live in the coast most of them its their mother tangue. The spoken in Nrbi or some areas in kenya is just a kiswahili by name because its so poluted. you can not recognise as swahili just mixer of kikuyu and some kishen. Somali has got Waswahili community mainly the indian ocean. From Barawe ,Kismayu upto Raskamboni. They speak pure swahili and ofcouse somali. Somalis in kenya , particularly Northern frontieer distracts they do speak swahili even though its not as good as coast people.
@cameronhowe11104 жыл бұрын
Micheal Hnat Somali are Africans but not Bantu .
@mursalwarsame58394 жыл бұрын
@Micheal Hnat why you always have pride with your geneitals :)
@reinsonkibisu20563 жыл бұрын
But Somali is Similar to Amharic, Tigrinya, and Oromo, which are a mixture of Cushitic, and Semitic, instead of Bantu in Ethiopia, and Eritrea, in Northern Somalia than to Swahili even though Mogadishu is close to Lamu island and the Archipelago which has always been a part of Kenya For around 721 years now if you add 2021 since the 13th Century to 1885 when the British bought Mombasa, Kilifi, Diani, watamu, and Malindi, Lamu, from the Arabs when they making the train to Kampala Uganda From Mombasa, began in 1895, most Somalis that I have Nate they land Swahili in Kenya, but the once I have passed by in Europe, or America, speak Somali, and Swahili migrated to Mainland Kenya, Tanzania,Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Congo16th century so apart from the tribal languages most people have been speaking it from 421 years of you add 2021 in the countries that are apart of the East African Community, apart from South Sudan which got Independence from North Sudan in 2011they are still learning it for trade in East Africa.
@zeeu76073 жыл бұрын
@@reinsonkibisu2056 Somali and Oromo are Cushitic Languages, Amhara and Tigrinya are Semitic
@user-sd6lg8lf5c4 жыл бұрын
Wow, I didn't know Swahili was this simple! Great language, might learn!
@caroxmedia81584 жыл бұрын
Join me for free man
@masungabulenya45952 жыл бұрын
Kiswahili Lugha Yetu Tukipende Kwanza Sisi Wanawa wa Africa,Hata Wagen Watakipenda.Tunatakiwa Tuwe Wazalendo Kwa Kupenda vyakwetu na kuvitunza.
@barrackzain50923 жыл бұрын
am from kenya...'na ningependa kumshukuru kwa kuweza kuiongelelea lugha yetu ya kiswahili'...meaning..'i would love to give thanks to langfocus for helping people know n learn our beautiful langiage of swahili'
@Jay_in_Japan2 жыл бұрын
I'm an L2 speaker of Arabic, and I've studied a bit of Swahili... thanks to all of the Arabic loanwords, I can already understand a good deal of Swahili, and if I really studied, I feel like I could learn it in about a year.
@nairobikenya_5 жыл бұрын
Swahili will be the official African language in the future ✊🏿
@charlenesolomon2665 жыл бұрын
Can't wait
@footmobonline5 жыл бұрын
Yeah that's true
@FairyCRat4 жыл бұрын
It's already the only official African language in the African Union, and might become an official language in the East African Federation if it ever exists.
@fuinhaamiguinha89324 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@zak.8864 жыл бұрын
Nah Africa won't be United so there will be no need for that also other areas that don't speak Swahili have no need for it ex. Nigeria has literally no need for Swahili it's far away.
@gerardd89418 жыл бұрын
Great, great episode! Probably one of my favourite. This is probably the first episode when you separated the history, phonology, grammar etc, and it works great. I was often not really satisfied when, in some episodes, you talked in-depth about history or geopolitical context while somehow neglecting the features and characteristics of the language. In this episode you managed to fully cover almost everything necessary and to keep the length of the episode similar to the previous ones. I especially liked this 5-point grammar characteristics of how the language works. This is exactly how I think these language-profile episodes should look like. Keep up the great work!
@urinstein18648 жыл бұрын
I very much agree, it's obvious, that a lot of work and thought were put into this video It really payed.
@machariagathanwa Жыл бұрын
I didn't realise Swahili is so hard to learn ☺️ Maximum respect kwa wote wanaojifunza lugha tukufu.
@carkawalakhatulistiwa11 ай бұрын
if you can Arabic actually not too difficult
@agorarcadon11 ай бұрын
lugha tukufu? Swahili sacred?
@machariagathanwa10 ай бұрын
The word for sacred is takatifu. Tukufu is dignified, excellent, respected, etc@@agorarcadon
@TheOtherMwalimu9 ай бұрын
Naona unaendelea vizuri! Hongera.
@edalabdali8 жыл бұрын
I am Omani and I see that there is a big connection between Swahili language and the Omani dialect of Arabic in vocabulary and some pronunciation rules. It would be easy for me to learn if I wanted to. Also, there are actually some Swahili speakers in Oman.
@sereysothe.a8 жыл бұрын
yep, the omanis and the yemenis were huge traders (being on the indian ocean/arabian sea) so a lot of the arab traders he was talking about were probably from oman
@servantofallah16988 жыл бұрын
You mean northerners. here in the south we don't sound anything like that and you in the north Muscat and al batna have many minorities like Baluch/zingabaries etc
@bongotel58237 жыл бұрын
Most of Arabs in East Africa are Oman Origin they Inter marriage with African They are children we called them Wamanga they half White half Black and they have different hair like Somalis and also Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah he still claim Zanzibar and Coast areas from Mozambique,Mtwara,Mafia,Dar Es Salaam Tanga Mombasa in Kenya and part of Somalia Coast belong to him even thou East African Coast he sold it to Germany and British empire,That's why there is a big Connection between Oman and Swahili.. so i think Swahili
@muhmahahmshaibrahim31097 жыл бұрын
the capital city of oman used to be zabzibar...the sultans lives in zaznzibar until 1960s..so znz and omanis are brothers and sisters but again black skin always will be under appreciated who wants to associate themselves with black skin africans in this world?
@joshuaelite1107 жыл бұрын
Just like many Ethiopians (Amharic) people. They speak a semitic language such as "Amharic".
@megazekemeister8 жыл бұрын
I recently met a Kenyan guy in my area who speaks Swahili (his native language is Kalenjin and he also speaks Gikuyu), and he told me some interesting things. One thing was that in Nairobi people speak a special dialect of Swahili called Sheng, which is a mix of Swahili and English. He said it's considered kind of low class and has a bad reputation, so if you come to a job interview and speak Sheng you probably won't be hired.
@sirjoejoe88136 жыл бұрын
Sheng is actually not considered swahili,its like a made up language mostly spoken by younger people with words borrowed from swahili English and a bunch of other languages. Also it changes regularly with new words put in all the time.
@kiswahilikitukuzwe25476 жыл бұрын
megazekemeister Sheng is mostly broken Swahili grammar. It is akin to jive or ebonics.
@tatu86636 жыл бұрын
sir joe joe, l'm from Kinshasa where we speak lingala, but there is slang form of the language called hindoubil which was started after world war ll by street youth and has evolved since. l guess it's our version of sheng.
@danielmuchi81965 жыл бұрын
I am from Kenya and that part of saying it's low class..it's just a BS and you were lied to. Sheng is a code language of youth it urban way of talking it's considered cool and sexy.
@theturkanabus36105 жыл бұрын
don't lie. it's not considered cool and sexy except by people from the slums
@ianodongoh46468 жыл бұрын
Such an impressive analysis. I live in Central Kenya and most people here speak 3 languages, their vernacular, swahili and English. With most towns having people from one community, most of them primarily communicate in their vernacular. English has a special status being the official language that is used by government agencies, banks, newspapers etc. Swahili is used mostly for communication between people from different communities that don't share the same vernacular, for example between a Kikuyu and a Maasai. It acts as a unifying factor of some sorts,especially since a lot of the people in rural communities have difficulty expressing themselves in English.
@antoooa86645 жыл бұрын
Yaani lazima uweke adu a nyomba mahali😂😂
@FrankMwangi335 жыл бұрын
well put
@levinichob6 жыл бұрын
it is now official in Rwanda
@jimmywasha69105 жыл бұрын
good
@hanadgigis80495 жыл бұрын
Hi
@zak.8865 жыл бұрын
@@hanadgigis8049 whats good
@Stoneface_5 жыл бұрын
Levinichob 。 should be official for the whole African continent
@oliveranderson72645 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately
@BensleyDRAKE5 ай бұрын
This is the most Accurate explanation of Kiswahili I have ever come across in the internet Born and raised in Nairobi so basically Kiswahili was my fisrt language...For those learning the language dont give up it is a beautiful language a pro tip? Pronounce the words EXACTLY as written lol
@alexanderhoward1228 жыл бұрын
"Baba yetu" means "our father" in Swahili! It's a prayer in Swahili! Baba yetu, yetu uliye Mbinguni yetu, yetu, amina! Baba yetu, yetu, uliye Jina lako litukuzwe. Baba yetu, yetu uliye Mbinguni yetu, yetu, amina! Baba yetu, yetu, uliye Jina lako litukuzwe. Utupe leo chakula chetu Tunachohitaji utusamehe Makosa yetu, hey! Kama nasi tunavyowasamehe Waliotukosea usitutie Katika majaribu, lakini Utuokoe, na yule, milelea milele! Baba yetu, yetu uliye Mbinguni yetu, yetu, amina! Baba yetu, yetu, uliye Jina lako litukuzwe. Baba yetu, yetu uliye Mbinguni yetu, yetu, amina! Baba yetu, yetu, uliye Jina lako litukuzwe. Ufalme wako ufike utakalo Lifanyike duniani kama mbinguni. (Amina) Baba yetu, yetu uliye Mbinguni yetu, yetu, amina! Baba yetu, yetu, uliye Jina lako litukuzwe. Utupe leo chakula chetu Tunachohitaji utusamehe Makosa yetu, hey! Kama nasi tunavyowasamehe Waliotukosea usitutie Katika majaribu, lakini Utuokoe, na yule, simama mwehu Baba yetu, yetu, uliye Jina lako litukuzwe. Baba yetu, yetu, uliye Jina lako litukuzwe. "Jina" - вот это слово звучит как-то по-другому, когда они его произносят. Кажется здесь ошибка. Кажется что-то вроде Mjina или Njina. Да! Нашёл другой текст "M jina lako e litukuzwe.".
@czarinaczar5 жыл бұрын
This is just the "The Lord's" prayer found in the Bible, (Matthew 6:9-11) and recited by Jesus.
@usa85295 жыл бұрын
I really love this song, I actually performed it as a chorus song. Fun fact.
@prettychristina7065 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂, My goodness, it's right but the repetition Lol!
@zionmark24375 жыл бұрын
Umejitaidi ila unatia fora mambo mengine hata hayapo kwenye hii Sala tafaadhali niandikie kwa barua pepe yangu nkupe msaada zionmark396@gmail.com natokea Tanzania kama mzawa
@ionladopoulos9131 Жыл бұрын
I believe that Swahili deserves a reboot language profile video, having in mind your excellent one on Turkish, which was much more detailed in grammatical and syntactical phenomena than the previous one as well as very appealing in its outcome. Love and admiration for your incredible content, as always, from Greece!❤
@bryan-zamanizulu-stone39118 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the cool video! I'm an IsiZulu teacher in South Africa. IsiZulu is also a Bantu language (The isi- in front also can mean 'Language') so i think has very simmilar challenges in terms of learning. For me, the noun class system is pretty hard to keep track of, but after lots of Comprehensible Input, it becomes second nature. Interestingly, I explained the noun class system to a native speaker the other day, and he was like, " Wow, I'd never noticed that before!" The phonetically based Latin writing system makes learning easier, and the largely logical and exception-free (Once you get used to it) grammatical system is very nice too! But I'm rewarded every day with people being amazed that I speak Zulu, so that constant encouragement definitely makes studying easier!
@bryan-zamanizulu-stone39118 жыл бұрын
+realtotherealest Zwirisei! Ndeyiphi? (Hello, how are you- is that right?) Oh epic! Ya, I'm also really surprised at the vast amount of bantu languages (250!) on the chart on the video. I always understood that the Sotho languages weren't in the bantu group, but it makes sense that they are because they are very simmilar in terms of structure to Zulu. You from Zim?
@bryan-zamanizulu-stone39118 жыл бұрын
+realtotherealest Cool, makes sense :) Is Shona in the nguni group? I know in SA at least, there's Zulu Ndebele, Swati and Xhosa?
@bryan-zamanizulu-stone39118 жыл бұрын
+realtotherealest Oh cool, ya, I heard about the dispute, but am unclear on the details...
@lutufyodixon99976 жыл бұрын
@realtotherealest after mfecane war they went all the way to southern Tanzania, lake nyasa ans lake Tanganyika and stopped near the southern parts of Lake Victoria. So in Tanzania we have Nguni tribes. The ndebele of Zimbabwe speak the same as tanzanian ngunis
@charleskuyeko44002 жыл бұрын
Congratuations. You are so good in talking Kiswahili. In 50 years to come Swahili will be spoken worldwide. You are a very good Teacher.
@kiloposimba20127 жыл бұрын
I am mswahili .very impress by your video,keep up good work.Again very good
@davestrasburg4082 жыл бұрын
Even by the standards of this interesting series, this was a fascinating clip. Swahili was most likely the native language of the father of President Barack Hussein Obama, a Muslim who hailed from coastal Kenya.
@dorcasopiyo80992 жыл бұрын
Wow.. I'm from Kenya and currently in the middle East..knowing Swahili has a language made me adopt very first to Arabic language... this the best explanation about swahili history
@cuervo5641 Жыл бұрын
This was a very well thought out and easy to digest presentation. I want to learn every language possible to be able to communicate with everyone.
@HollandHiking3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your introduction. I am trying to learn Kiswahili for a few years, with limited success. The language turns out to be very complex, especially all the forms of verbs that may completely change the meaning of the verb. The noun classes have far more impact than you could explain in this video and there is not so much consistency in the use of them. This makes it hard and a lot to remember. So be warned if you try learning it. But, on the other hand it is awesome to speak a little more that just the tourist vocabulary if you visit the region and it is a very interesting language to learn. I think it is also very good if people in the first world care to learn an African language on order to show respect to the rich African culture.
@jayjos41514 жыл бұрын
I am from Tanzania and fluent in Kiswahili...i really like how you are adventurous....Nakupenda sana paul,May u come to Tanzania one day brother.
@Poseidon6508 жыл бұрын
Please never stop making videos. You're a gem of youtube.
@Langfocus8 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I will keep going! Though believe me, it's exhausting sometimes.
@wahidanaima5573 жыл бұрын
Algeria 🇩🇿 always stands with Kenya 🇰🇪 Zanzibar Tanzania 🇹🇿 United and amicable
@ramyali63473 жыл бұрын
@@yaasirhakim501 It's called standard Swahili not accurate. Mzee bora tu ungemwambia unamtaka kuliko kutia visingizio vibovu.
@tamimthuweintamim85903 жыл бұрын
Hallo Wahida
@sheageist5046 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I have been learning Swahili but without the benefit of understanding the structure. This clarifies it stunningly well.
@Langfocus6 жыл бұрын
It’s my pleasure! I’m glad to hear that.
@njorogefred1504 жыл бұрын
Am from Kenya and i didn't know that 'Nala' means gift, to me it means "i am eating" Gift is zawadi.
@johan_johansson_4 жыл бұрын
🤔🤔🤔
@gidd3 жыл бұрын
exactly I was shocked too I've always know that zawadi is gift and nala is eating
@Ill.righteous313 жыл бұрын
True😂
@itgamingke3 жыл бұрын
Nakula 😂😂
@mishibabu89463 жыл бұрын
😁😁😁😁😁
@yourexamtutor61594 жыл бұрын
Just moved to Tanzania and currently learning Swahili. He is correct, the pronunciation is ok, but as a native English speaker, the noun classes and agreement is a bit hard for me to remember.
@yourexamtutor61594 жыл бұрын
@Josephat Kibet I agree. It is much easier when you grow up learning the two languages simultaneously, like they do here in Tanzania as well.
@mwanikimwaniki68014 жыл бұрын
@@yourexamtutor6159 How far did you get?
@rebeccam.72493 жыл бұрын
the swahili language is different in other country what ever you guys say it tanzania we or other cou try don't say that the language is diffenrent depending on the country
@rubenlengai71953 жыл бұрын
It also spoken in Zambia and Mozambique too
@warrenography3 жыл бұрын
I lived in Tanzania almost ten years. I started using books, but people would say "those books are from Kenya, we don't say this or that" so I stopped with the books. Then I just had locals and expats teach me stuff here and there, and basically just sat back and soaked it in through my interactions, and also by listening to what people said in coversation, and listening to music. I also started deducing meaning from signs in shops and in the street. I'm by no means an expert, but I get by, found my queen, married her, etc. etc. If you want to see a master in action, check out Bongozozo, one of my best friends and my first Kiswahili teacher.