"Jumatatu ni nzuri"

Translation: Monday is good

[AnUnicorn]

Lies!

[Aria487]

[clh335763]

Propagated by workaholics!!

[oderalon]

Jumatatu si nzuri!

[clh335763]

Ijumaa jioni ni nzuri.
Jumatatu asubuhi ni mbaya sana

[Jeremyjcy2k]

But, Friday I'm in love!

[pixilico]

If Monday is the second day in the week, why "juma|tatu"? What am I missing?

[ElDoctr]

The Swahili week relates to Islam the way that the English week relates to Christianity. Sunday is the traditional beginning/end of the week.
In Islam, Friday is the day to listen to sermons. Jumamosi (mosi is archaic for first) is the first day after, Jumapili is the second (pili) day after, Jumatatu is the third day after, etc. Alhamisi (Thursday) is from Arabic, and so is Ijumaa (Friday). The week begins again on Saturday.

[PeterGauli]

But nowadays the work week starts with monday even in Kenya. Probably due to internationalisation.

[vitoreiji]

The day that starts the week is highly cultural and will differ even among countries that speak the same language. See USA vs. UK.

[JuliaSwa]

Even within the UK you'll find disagreement regarding whether the week starts on Sunday or Monday.

[t_chak]

it starts monday

[Renata725212]

Ijumaa ni bora :)

[PeterGauli]

Garfield and most ither people highly disagree^^.

[akswrn]

Said no one ever

[chartsman]

I said it many times.

[BabaKwaku]

Uongo!

[Ernst557459]

Niambie kwa nini sipendi jumatatu? (panya wa mji wa kuongezeka)

[BeepBopNotaBot]

kwa nini, inaanzisha (I'm trying to work on my swahili grammar. "Start" as in, "to cause the start/to cause the beginning of") wiki wa kazi... kwa bahati mbaya, watu wengi hawapendi kufanya kazi zao.