"habari za asubuhi kaka?"

Translation: How is the morning, brother?

[Zerr_]

Do Swahili sentences sometimes not begin with capitals or is this an error?

[Bree93799]

I understand what you're saying now, yeah i was wondering the same thing too about their start of sentences.

[Gazelle1596]

The beta version has some errors, but spelled correctly you capitalize the beginning of sentences (and proper nouns) - so similar to English. :)

[TakisStra]

Funny tip : kaka means feces,crap in greek

[KxngDeo.]

In French 'caca' (pronounced "kah-kah") means 'poop' too.

[gabejosh]

in Hungarian too... interesting...

[GerhardSchr]

...and ❤❤❤❤ in german ;-)

[ZahidurRah1]

"kaka" means "paternal Uncle" in Bengali (Bangladeshi language)

[AnastasiaStyIes]

In English also.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cack#Noun_2

[paleo_]

In Croatian too, when you talk to a small child, as "don't touch it, it's 'kaka'". The verb is 'kakati'.

[Meital640]

same in Spanish

[Gazelle1596]

same in German (small children's language)

[MarianaHer798147]

Same in brazilian Portuguese, we have other words for it but we still have it

[el_gatto]

In many languages I guess. I'm sorry but its hilarious.

[Mrsaiz]

Do you write it kappa-alpha-kappa-alpha? interesting. I see its nearly the same in many European languages.

[bikram621860]

In nepali 'kaka' means 'uncle'

[Lemniscatarum]

Interesting to see these connections.

[WCqRJ71F]

I guess they are more coincidences than connections: Bahati tu. But fun. Like geographic of Japan : wich sounds like pornography in Kiswahili.

[Mrsaiz]

What!? :o

[Bree93799]

So "kaka" is brother in Swahili

[Mozartboy2021]

Why is "How is your morning, brother" not correct? It was marking it correct for the exact same construction before.

[ZahidurRah1]

i typed , "How is your morning, brother" and DUO said that it was correct. :) ... may be they've fixed it ...

[perewa]

In linguistic it calls Faux Ami.

[WCqRJ71F]

Is a literal translation : should be : Good morning. Or good morning Bro

[Aerologia]

Coincidental or not, cognates perhaps, 'kaka' resembles in pronunciation(with little alterations) and meaning in both Indonesian and Malay, and perhaps some other languages around too, Taiwan Amis if I remember well.

[thatgirlrj]

Why do other words have capitalization but others dont?????

[Gazelle1596]

see above; it's beta

[Duncan321748]

nuuuuu i just can say how

[Rass1983]

I typed "Good Morning, Brothers" because it used za instead of ya, and it said I was incorrect. Hovering over kaka revealed that "brothers" was also correct. Why is "Good Morning, Brothers" incorrect?

[Aerologia]

I think brothers would be wakaka instead. For plural, right?

That za you mentioned, it's for habari.
Habari za asubuhi = news of morning

= How's the morning?

[Gazelle1596]

No, it is kaka, kaka (N-class 9/10) - however in every other aspect handled in class 1/2 as it is a living human.
It is just common to address a friend/brother/cousin (male) with "kaka"; I personally haven't heard it used for several people yet.

[Ebony421036]

Its wrong because its asking how is the morning brother

[WCqRJ71F]

That is the literal: but in English language we do no talk like that: is is more Hi Bro, of Hi guys , if plural.

[Gazelle1596]

Well, as in learning any language it is important to understand both (which is what this forum is for :) ) - to better understand the culture and thinking behind it.

[WCqRJ71F]

Exactly : we should now the meaning of the Kiswahili : the usage and the translation in English usage.

[Jaime_8]

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[Jaime_8]

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