Language facts

Swahili is a language in motion. In Kenya you can see this clearly, there they speak English and Swahili intermixed. But even here in Tanzania where we speak the “real” Swahili, more and more English is popping up.

So you can hear things like: “facebook ni bure, unaweza kushare, kucomment” (= “facebook is free, you can share, comment”) of “tunashoot video” (“we shoot video”), naenda towni (I am going to town, while proper Swahili would “naenda mijini”)

But also many English words have gotten a Swahili version, for example:

Police à polisi

Hospital  à hospitali

Bycicle à baisikeli

Etc.

But be careful, I would think cheese à chizi, but this means crazy.