I'm not used to these...

shocks · July 30, 2015, 4:37pm

mahali nimetoka mkikutana salamu ni hakuna kuongea, its just a raised eye brow or a thumbs up.
Kuachana ndio procedure, utaskia
sasa umetuwacha aje,
unaenda na form gani,
buda umedai aje,

PewterShmit · July 30, 2015, 4:39pm

hehehe hii kijeru ya wapi tena

mmeanza hekaya

Tiriitiondo · July 30, 2015, 4:53pm

Following

shocks · July 30, 2015, 4:54pm

ile inchi audi mpya ni 7,000 euros

mabenda4 · July 30, 2015, 4:56pm

bjurmann:

I have been to three sides of Kenya and can comfortably say there are people who take salaams seriously.

Luhyaland…everyone stands to shake your hand. Actually they came in numbers early morning where I had visited…naskiko Kuna wakeni Mamake Lenin? To them borrowing is a norm. By the time I left I had all manner of request even for story books for Naliaka who is going to class eight.

Loita deep in the maa…before I knew what they wanted many young kids had suffered silently. Tens would run to me bow and I give them sweets. Little did I know they just wanted to be touched on the head. For the elderly something called Romon was required. Romon is something akin to when two saved say to one another when they meet.

Giriama land…this is the land of greetings. As you walk be prepared to use marahaba hundreds of times…for the aged wakisema wasindaze…you say sinda maana then maana sinda which is replied with close to five sindas.

So different from where I come from…no much things…kuhana atia,uga githee,muriega nyina wa maina,wimwega etc is enough.

Kenya has a vibrant culture indeed.

Sida maana is taita bro. Not ngiriama. Marahaba answers to shikamoo for swahel, salaam or salaam aleikum u answer aleikum salaam for our brothers in faith. Hang on i get nanii for ngiriama greeting

Wakanyama · July 30, 2015, 5:01pm

weka yako ya aliens

Meria_Mata · July 30, 2015, 5:03pm

in the morning in giriamaland, Zalamkadze - Lamuka
daytime, Shindaze - shinda

mabenda4 · July 30, 2015, 5:20pm

Wamka maana…maana, sinda maana…maana. or shapsha maana…alternatively u answer all with Too. (Kidavida)

anon18059438 · July 30, 2015, 5:24pm

Vuche? ~vuche mno (morning greetings)
Vwira~vwirana (evening)
Or simply mirembe~mirembe mno
Maragoli

kanu_lingus · July 30, 2015, 5:38pm

Soomali

Is-ka Warran - Hallo

*Waxaan ganaax ahay - I am fine

*The X’s are pronounced as “h” …wahaan ganaah ahay.

bjurmann · July 30, 2015, 5:38pm

Kuna maana Kama tano I swear. Sindaze? Then you ansa with a prolonged voice…siiiida maana…which he/she says something to the effect…maaana sida. Just like ukisalimiana kwa swa you don’t expect one ansa…habari yako…he ansas…mzuuri sijui wewe. Kuna mkikuyu alikuwa anauliza njia hapo ferry akaambiwa hivo akasema…hata mimi sikujui nilikuwa nauliza njia.

Mijikenda have common wordings in their salaams. Na every time kusema Ni saaawa

Tiriitiondo · July 30, 2015, 6:21pm

Kev yazol
Ita kwes?
Ana taamaam walai

Electronics4u · July 30, 2015, 6:22pm

Btw umiite ku murang’a ini? Gwitu ni gatanga

Wakanyama · July 30, 2015, 6:57pm

mukarara

Electronics4u · July 30, 2015, 7:01pm

Hehe…uga ma ya Ngai?

Wakanyama · July 30, 2015, 7:09pm

hau hakuhi na pcea nigwa cucu

Electronics4u · July 30, 2015, 7:13pm

Ni uui kimata?

kush_yule_mnono · July 30, 2015, 8:00pm

Huku kwetu ni shlonek for men and shlonech for women and you answer zien or zienin

xuma · July 30, 2015, 8:03pm

@Meria Mata …I also thought some Kitaita was mixed. My ex who was an Ethiopian Amharic left me with these greetings; Ndenano? then if its a lady asking, you answer-Ndenanash, if it came from a man you answer-Ndenanash. My Borana Concubine was not left behind:‘Akam?’ you answer back ‘Akam’, ‘Nageni Badada?’ reply,‘Badada’…‘Mani kofuljirta?’-why are u laughing? ‘Mani barbad?’ -what are u looking/searching for?, ‘Si’-you, ‘Ana’-me…this tuition led to her bringing forth very strong hybrid!

Meria_Mata · July 30, 2015, 8:07pm

Ndenanash - am i missing something here. Seems the same for both male and female