Kiswahili and Kikuyu---Jamie

[Pat Anderson]

Jamie,
Note the translation reply from Wanaomi. Perhaps he or she could make
some suggestions for you with your language problems? It shouldn`t be
too difficult to learn some Swahili, just so you can show your
fiancee`s parents that you have tried! Nobody would expect you to learn
Kikuyu!
I got my "Jifunze Kiswahili" basic course, which is a book (Kitabu)
and Cassettes, from the Text Book Centre in Kijabe Street, Nairobi.
It`s a good course and I`m still referring to it, plus "Simplified
Swahili" by P. M. Wilson.
There is an online Swahili site called: mwanasimba.online which is
good. I`m not sure of the whole address but if you type the above into
google it should find it.
Pat

[Jamie]

Post by Pat Anderson
Jamie,
Note the translation reply from Wanaomi.

I did! LOL.

The translation I got was from my fiancee's sister, who is Kikuyu,
and currently in Kenya. It may be a case of Chinese whispers but
it's a bizarre and enormous difference...

Post by Pat Anderson
Perhaps he or she could make
some suggestions for you with your language problems? It shouldn`t be
too difficult to learn some Swahili, just so you can show your
fiancee`s parents that you have tried! Nobody would expect you to learn
Kikuyu!

If I did, perhaps I can offer my fiancee and her sister lessons
in their own language.

Post by Pat Anderson
I got my "Jifunze Kiswahili" basic course, which is a book (Kitabu)
and Cassettes, from the Text Book Centre in Kijabe Street, Nairobi.
It`s a good course and I`m still referring to it, plus "Simplified
Swahili" by P. M. Wilson.

Thank you. I'll have another look when I'm in Nairobi again - not
long now.

Post by Pat Anderson
There is an online Swahili site called: mwanasimba.online which is
good. I`m not sure of the whole address but if you type the above into
google it should find it.

Thank you. I've searched for Kikuyu stuff on the web and found a page
with around 30 words on it, but that was all. I'll look at Swahili
site, could be very useful, though I think I'll get a paper based
reference source.

[Wanaomi]

"Diri na mufango no tuthie allan arajiraga ati tuthie".
The sentence does not follow proper Kikuyu grammar and I therefore
reconstructed it to what I think they wanted to say without changing
the sentence too much.

"Ndiri na mubango, no tuthii. Allan aranjiraga ati tuthii." Loose
translation:
I have no plan, we can go. Allan was telling me that we go (with him).

I am Kikuyu and I am pretty confident about my knowledge of the
language. I think that someone either made a mistake by translating
the wrong sentence or someone has been had.

I live in the US and I do not have any recommendations on Kikuyu
and/or Swahili language books - sorry.

-Wanaomi-

Post by Pat Anderson
Jamie,
Note the translation reply from Wanaomi. Perhaps he or she could make
some suggestions for you with your language problems? It shouldn`t be
too difficult to learn some Swahili, just so you can show your
fiancee`s parents that you have tried! Nobody would expect you to learn
Kikuyu!
I got my "Jifunze Kiswahili" basic course, which is a book (Kitabu)
and Cassettes, from the Text Book Centre in Kijabe Street, Nairobi.
It`s a good course and I`m still referring to it, plus "Simplified
Swahili" by P. M. Wilson.
There is an online Swahili site called: mwanasimba.online which is
good. I`m not sure of the whole address but if you type the above into
google it should find it.
Pat

[Pat Anderson]

Post by Wanaomi
"Diri na mufango no tuthie allan arajiraga ati tuthie".
The sentence does not follow proper Kikuyu grammar and I therefore
reconstructed it to what I think they wanted to say without changing
the sentence too much.
"Ndiri na mubango, no tuthii. Allan aranjiraga ati tuthii." Loose
I have no plan, we can go. Allan was telling me that we go (with him).
I am Kikuyu and I am pretty confident about my knowledge of the
language. I think that someone either made a mistake by translating
the wrong sentence or someone has been had.
I live in the US and I do not have any recommendations on Kikuyu
and/or Swahili language books - sorry.
-Wanaomi-

Post by Pat Anderson
Jamie,
Note the translation reply from Wanaomi. Perhaps he or she could make
some suggestions for you with your language problems? It shouldn`t be
too difficult to learn some Swahili, just so you can show your
fiancee`s parents that you have tried! Nobody would expect you to learn
Kikuyu!
I got my "Jifunze Kiswahili" basic course, which is a book (Kitabu)
and Cassettes, from the Text Book Centre in Kijabe Street, Nairobi.
It`s a good course and I`m still referring to it, plus "Simplified
Swahili" by P. M. Wilson.
There is an online Swahili site called: mwanasimba.online which is
good. I`m not sure of the whole address but if you type the above into
google it should find it.
Pat

Wanaomi, salaama,
I see your email address is wathika. Does that mean it`s your home
town? I used to pass by Thika on the way home to Kamburu for a few
years, some time ago.
I think Jamie will learn some Kiswahili, at least enough to speak with
his fiancee`s family.
Pat