"We're fine."

Translation: Sisi hatujambo.

[EmmanuelChigbata]

Can someone help me to conjugate this "jambo" of a thing, please?

[AGreatUserName]

Yep, it's a strange thing, the negative prefixes attached to the word for "thing", "matter", "affair".

(mimi) sijambo = I am fine
(wewe) hujambo = you (sg) are fine
(yeye) hajambo = s/he is fine
(sisi) hatujambo = we are fine
(ninyi) hamjambo = you (pl) are fine
(wao) hawajambo = they are fine

[EmmanuelChigbata]

Asante Sana.

[AGreatUserName]

Karibu! :-)

[MaryEleano8]

Great simplicity thks

[Vanlalvena.05]

Another clarification; for hajambo, duolingo said it can be used as a question as well, my question then being, is it like 'ca va' in french?
And would it work for hawajambo as well? or like hamjambo?-hatujambo etc..

[AGreatUserName]

Yeah, the greetings with these phrases are basically a call-and-response, first a question, then an answer.

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• Hujambo? You don't have an issue? / Are you fine?
• Sijambo. I don't have an issue. / I'm fine.

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• Hamjambo? You don't have an issue? / Are you fine?
• Hatujambo. We don't have an issue. / We're fine.

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• Hajambo? S/he doesn't have an issue? / Is s/he fine?
• Hajambo. S/he doesn't have an issue. / S/he's fine.

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• Hawajambo? They don't have an issue? / Are they fine?
• Hawajambo. They don't have an issue. / They're fine.

[TumainiTiger]

I took a screenshot of your comments to memorise what each one means thanks a lot for the concise info!

[Vanlalvena.05]

thanks!

[Daniel492765]

Why "sisi ni poa/nzuri" cannot be used?

[Els523639]

Wondering the same... sisi ni nzuri

[mernahany4]

We are fine
Translate sisi ni nzuri aw
Sisi hajambo
Lakini sisi hatujambo
We aren't fine

[Emmanuel493731]

Wow! Asante sana

[ElNicho2]

Can this be used as "no thanks, we're good"?