Topic: Swahili

"Kesho ni harusi ya Emilian"

Translation:Tomorrow is Emilian's wedding

March 21, 2017

8 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/Kole-Wright

    I've also heard "arusi". Is this regional or just free variation?

    March 21, 2017
    https://www.duolingo.com/Joel158879

      have you ever seen it spelled that way? It could just be a regional lack of emphasis on the "h." I've never seen it spelled without the "h."

      March 23, 2017
      https://www.duolingo.com/Kole-Wright

        Yeah, I got that from the Teach Yourself Swahili grammar book

        March 23, 2017
        https://www.duolingo.com/Joel158879

          I've seen a lot of TZn wedding invitations (from different parts of TZ) and I've never seen it spelled that way. Maybe in Kenya they spell it that way? Where is the author from?

          March 23, 2017
          https://www.duolingo.com/Kole-Wright

            I think the author's originally British but she's a university swahili teacher who's spent years in Tanzania... but just to be safe I'll be saying "harusi".

            March 24, 2017
            https://www.duolingo.com/John M.

              It's not the Kenyan, maybe it's Congolese?

              April 1, 2017
              https://www.duolingo.com/Mar145211

                Tomorrow is Emilian's wedding

                September 30, 2018
                https://www.duolingo.com/vtopphol

                  Congrats Emilian!

                  November 24, 2018
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