"Tembea taratibu"

Translation: Walk gently

[Renata725212]

If we talk about adjectives - taratibu - adjective - calm, composed

taratibu - adverb
1 slowly
2 carefully

[TessEwing1]

Thank you! I was wondering what the heck "walk gently " might mean!

[CeeCeeSong]

this is the kind of stuff i love about learning other languages. I immediately understood what it meant--like a mom or teacher telling her kids to walk that way, not like a thundering herd!--but it's such a poetic way of saying it, so different from how we'd say it in English. I love expressions like this.

[AlexPelissero]

is there much of a difference between saying taratibu and polepole?

[Gazelle1596]

*and taratibu, I was told, also is carefully/cautious (so in that sense slowly)
polepole has more the connotation of being relaxed, slow...

[AGreatUserName]

Yeah. There's some overlap, but polepole generally means "slowly"

https://glosbe.com/sw/en/taratibu
https://glosbe.com/sw/en/polepole