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DiegoJaviUnlam
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Etymology (hatujambo)
Contraction of hatuna + jambo
Interjection
Hatujambo.
1) We are fine.
From Wiktionary: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hatujambo
February 21, 2017
"Hatujambo" combines two words "hatuna" which translates to "we don't have" and "jambo" to mean "any matter" (which is usually in the negative sense) combining the two basically means 'we are fine'
November 26, 2018
Why does this -jambo require the pronoun "Sisi," but the others can stand alone?
February 22, 2017
It's used politely when beginning a conversation, but aren't used after. They technically aren't needed.
February 23, 2017
It's also translated as "how are we?"" - how do we know if it's a statement or a question?
May 22, 2017
so basically we can use the same word 'hatujambo?' to both ask and answer? since "hatujambo?" can be "how are we?" and also "hatujambo." to be "We're fine"
June 16, 2018
