IL CAPO Posted March 22, 2004 Guys maybe you need to travel to Nairobi sometime so here are some common words that will make your Safari successfull....enjoy Kenyanese.....American English Chips-----Fries Cribas(Crisps)------Chips Soda(Any Soda)-----Coke or pop(you then specify) Karao-----Cop/5.0 Half Litter------Large Drink Supper-----Dinner Loaf-----Bread Rubbish------Gabbage Uchumi-----Kroger Nakumart------Walmart Hen-----Chicken Mama Baby-------Baby Mama Baba Watoto------Baby Dady Mahewa------Bass Ina Dunda-------It's Cranked up(It's Crunk) Kinanda--------Turn Tables CT------CD (For Luhyas) Round Mirror-----CD (For Maasai's) Throw Darts------Holla! Tuma Salamu------Shout Out Tusker-------Heineken Take a way-----To Go Mtoto Freshy(supuu)-----Statutory Rape Boot/Bonet------Trunk Petrol Station------Gas Station Katia(shukansi)------Hook up Petrol------Gas K Boo(KBS)------Metro Star Shop------Convinient Store Hakuna Steering-----Left Hand Drive Hakuna Gear------Automatic Barua------E-Mail Magistrate------Judge Accident/Crash-----Wreck Rubber Shoes-----Tennis Shoes Luthuli-------McDee Ongeza hiyo Nyanya-----Buy one Get one free Slum-----Ghetto Pond----Lake Hill-----Mountain Stream------River Shilling-----Dollar City Center-----Downtown 999------911 KenCell------T Mobile Safari Comm------Verizon Robbery------Terrorist Attack College-----School NARC-----Republican Party KANU----Democratic Party Kibaki-----Bush Moi-----Clinton Charity Ngilu-----Condoleeza Rice Lake Victoria----The Great Lakes Mombasa-----Florida Shifta-----Terrorist DOD(jeshi)----Liqour Store Nyam Chom-----Barbeque Bata Bullets----Nike Gikomba-----Flea Market Yaya Center----Mall Estate-----Apartment Complex Krest------Lemonade Disco-----Club Toilet----Bathroom Curriculum Vitae(CV)----Resume Weekly Review----TIME/Newsweek Kiosk----Stall Credits----Calling Card TV----Microwave Trust----Rough Rider Roster/Sportsman----Marlboro Cofta----Nyquil/DayQuil Roiko----spices Chapati----Taco Mboch----HouseKeeper Quencher----Tampiko/Tropicana Omo---- Tide Rexona---- Dove Serviette---- Napkins Napkin---- Diapers Sweets---- Candy Blue Band---- Butter Steers---- Wendy's Odeon(cinema)--- AMC Retrench---- Lay-off Barclays---- Bank of America Half Cast/Pointi---- Mixed Spirit Rubbing---- Alcohol For those who have been to Nairobi or from nairobi you can add some.....peace. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
underdog Posted March 22, 2004 -Toa kipande - Shake down -Punju - Thug -Bandika na Chai - Coffee and a bagel Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Warrior of Light Posted March 23, 2004 Mahamri-mandazi as local bagel niaje -whats up jo-guy sasa-so stima-electricity dame-good looking girl songa- move /give way nyanya-granma mathe-mother kipande-id card (remember the askari lete kipande yako, kaa chini,mikono juu. kipande yako iwapi?) chai ya strungi- black tea sukuma wiki -spinach know more tanzanian swahili than kenyan thats what i remember of my kenya visits. heres some tz sheng dingi/mzee-father mshkaji- pal mshefa-financer as a big daddy maji ya kufugwa-swimming pool kikokotio- calculator kiboro-cellphone jokofu- fridge chai kavu -black tea point fiveu- mixed race kitu - goodlooking Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites