"Malaika"

Translation: Angel

[vtopphol]

Malaika. Nakupenda malaika.
Malaika. Nakupenda malaika.
Nami nifanyeje? Kijana mwenzio?
Nashindwa na mali, sina we.
Ningekuoa, malaika.
Nashindwa na mali,sina we.
Ningekuoa, malaika.

[DiegoJaviUnlam]

Etymology

From Arabic مَلَائِكَة (malāʾika), plural of مَلْأَك (malʾak).

Noun

malaika (n class, plural malaika)

1) angel (messenger from a deity)

2) angel (term of affection)

From Wiktionary: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/malaika

[JAlfanael_]

Wow.. Swahili has many Arabic loanwords just like Indonesian

Malaika in Swahili = Malaikat in Indonesian

[MalaiXa]

My name is Malaika and I really want to learn Swahili because I'm half Kenyan and half Finnish but I've never been motivated enough and Duolingo really helps with that. My cucu (who lives in Kenya) always sings to me the 'Malaika' song whenever we visit. Thank you Duolingo so much for helping me learn and adapt to my ambitiousnes of learning four languages (Swahili, Swedish (wich im learning in school but this boosts my progress anyway), Indonesian and Japanese) at the same time!