Thursday, May 11, 2006

Lovely language!
Some people may not even know what swahili is,but it is a such a wonderful,lovely language.This language is spoken throughout East Africa,the most fluent speakers being those living in Tanzania,Zanzibar and Kenya.
Lovely,romantic swahili tunes have been composed like malaika which has been sung in a number of languages.I actually get to belt out the tune and am amazed at how it can't lose it's appeal.
When i was younger,i remember michael jackson belting out some love tune Liberian Girl,in swahili.His tune went like:Nakupenda pia,nakutaka pia,mpenzi wee! translated:I love too,i need you too,my love.I bet people rocked to this number without actually taking note of the romance that was within it!
When i first hit on a girl,i remember using this language.It was all about mapenzi or love,and i told her nataka uwe wangu,translated;i want you to be mine.I think that words have different intensities according tob the language in use.I could successfully get a lady using swahili but fail to get her when using English!Ha!ha!
People who live within this swahili speaking region have developed other versions of this language called sheng,it incorporates the use of swahili mixed with a bit of English and some local languages.
It is popular among the youth in Kenya mostly.So if i want to tell a lady that am so into her i'd say nimekunoki sana instead of nimejawa na mapenzi kwako!
Oh i think i'd better prepare for my next date now.Any comment?