"Goodbye"
Translation:Kwa heri
March 10, 2017
17 Comments
NYCIngrid
1872
I believe that it is kind of like "adios" in Spanish. "Adios" is from "a dios" or "to God," blessing someone when you leave them. "Kwaheri" is the same as "kwa heri" or "for blessedness," again, blessing someone when you leave them. That could be slightly off, but the idea is that it is really two words run together to make one and, in Swahili, you can either leave them apart or run them together.
April 8, 2017
Kwa heri - literally "With luck" - or blessedness as you said :) So you wish the person all the best as they go, on their way.
June 28, 2017
ISpeakAlien
- 736
Good point! I hope you get lots of lingots for pointing that out! I gave you one.
April 8, 2017
NYCIngrid
- 1872
You say the whole thing, not the separate pieces, if you want to say "goodbye."
June 16, 2017
