"You don't have balls"

Translation: Huna mipira

[manyofa]

Hahaha isn't this swearing?

[John00625]

No, mipira is refering to sports balls (football, baseball, basketball)

[PaulNaveau]

Ok but this can easily be used like a metaphor no? Whem there is nothing "sporty" going on. And with an insulting tone of voice? I mean, if I would say to a man in english... you have a small flag pole... wouldn't that obviously be seen as an insult refering to his male organ, unless of course he actually has a flag pole in his garden... just wondering if it would be understood as an insult.. for learning's sake of course :-)

[chaered]

More like goading or dissing...

[ngwarai]

Think sport as in football, netball, volleyball, softball etc.

[Gitau_Maina]

This is funny in English and can be an insult if you say that to someone. But in Swahili, it's lost in translation. It literally means "You don't have balls" Like soccer balls, basketballs etc. But I still wonder why duo has chosen this particular phrasing.

[Hashi97]

It means you dont have sport balls like football. Still funny.

[chartsman]

I'm loving this sentence :)))

[Ciara302166]

How about you(plural) don't have balls....would that be hamna mipira ?

[AndyCole9]

'hamna mipira' is not accepted as a correct answer, but I think it should be.

[ngwarai]

Yes

[5vZSXEt5]

Yeah terrible, got it wrong because of hamna...

[lund.mikkel]

That should be valid though.

[MfonUdoiny]

Yeah, it's very valid too.

[IsaiahRawl]

Hahah huna matunda lol

[ScorpioGir5]

Technically, if you're playing a sport and run out of balls, well than, "you don't have balls." All innocence was lost the moment our minds went there. Hahaa!!