A Little Bit of Swahili

In case you were wondering, I'm pretty sure you know a lot more Swahili than you think you do (at least I did!), mostly from The Lion King. So, without further ado, a (very short) Swahili/English glossary.

Jambo: hello
Asante sana: thank you very much
Caribu: welcome/you're welcome
Rafjiki: friend
Soba: a general greeting
Sawa: all good
Kwaheri: goodbye
Baraka: blessings

And the animals...
Simba: lion
Twiga: giraffe
Chui: leopard
Fisi: hyena
Ndobu: elephant

Also, for any of you who were in choir at ENMS, James was quite excited that we had learned a Swahili song in school (O Sifuni Mungu) and happily translated the whole song (which mostly translated to singing blessings, everyone all together) :).

James also explained that, due to migration, etc. Swahili is a mixture of many languages, with a heavy emphasis on Portuguese and Arabic!