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What is the Swahili word for "Hi"?
American English
hi
Swahili
hujambo
Learn the word in this minigame:
More Essentials Vocabulary in Swahili
American English
Swahili
yes
ndio
no
hapana
ok
sawa
thank you
asante
bye
kwaheri
please
tafadhali
I
mimi
woman
mwanamke
man
mwanamume
and
na
or
ama
this
hii
girl
msichana
boy
mvulana
I like
napenda
I meet
nakutana
toilet
choo
restaurant
mkahawa
closed
imefungwa
open
ikowazi
The bill, please!
Naomba bili tafadhali!
How much?
Ni pesa ngapi?
Menu, please!
Menyu,tafadhali!
Sorry!
Samahani!
Do you speak English?
Je,unaongea Kiingereza?
I need water.
nahitaji maji.
Help!
Saidia!
What's your name?
Jina lako ni nani?
Fine, thank you.
Sawa, asante
I am happy.
nina furaha.
My name is Alex.
Jina langu ni Alex.
Nice to meet you!
Nafurahia kukutana na wewe!
How are you?
habari gani?
How's the weather?
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Cheers!
gongana
What do you do?
Unafanya nini?
Are you from here?
Wewe ni mwenyeji wa hapa?
How old are you?
Una miaka mingapi?
bread
mkate
car
motokaa
bank
benki
party
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shirt
shati
house
nyumba
sunglasses
miwani ya jua
dog
mbwa
book
kitabu
city
jiji
I love you!
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my family
NOTAVAILABLE
friend
rafiki
colleague
NOTAVAILABLE
You're welcome!
Unakaribishwa!
big
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small
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Good morning!
Habari ya asubuhi!
Good afternoon!
Habari ya adhuhuri!
Good evening!
Habari ya jioni!
Good night!
Usiku mwema!
it
huyu
handshake
kupeana mikono
bowing
inamisha kichwa
How are you doing?
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Example sentences
American English
Hi, how are you?
How "Hi" is said across the globe.
Hungarian
szia
Korean
안녕하세요
Castilian Spanish
hola
Japanese
こんにちは
French
bonjour
Mandarin Chinese
你好
Italian
ciao
German
hallo
Russian
привет
Brazilian Portuguese
oi
Hebrew
היי
Arabic
مرحبا
Turkish
merhaba
Danish
hej
Swedish
hej
Norwegian
hei
Hindi
नमस्ते
Tagalog
kumusta
Vietnamese
xin chào
Esperanto
saluton
Dutch
hoi
Icelandic
hæ
Indonesian
hai
British English
hello
Mexican Spanish
hola
European Portuguese
olá
Cantonese Chinese
嗨
Thai
สวัสดี
Polish
cześć
Hawaiian
Aloha
Māori
kia ora
Samoan
Ua a mai?
Greek
γεια
Finnish
hei
Persian
سلام
Estonian
tere
Croatian
bok
Serbian
ћао
Bosnian
ćao
Sanskrit
Yoruba
báwo
Igbo
ndewo
Ukrainian
привіт
Catalan
hola
Galician
ola
Romanian
bună
Irish
haigh
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