"Konokono anatembea polepole"

Translation: A snail is walking slowly

[Ja_smina]

So far we learned "kutembea" means "to walk". But does Swahili speakers use this verb to express other types of moving also, like gliding (snail), slithering (snake) etc.?

[BwanaSimba]

Indeed, a snail doesn't walk, it creeps or crawls, which in Swahili is ku-tambaa.

[MfonUdoiny]

I thought we can't use "walk" for snails - because they have no legs? I thought the appropriate word was "crawl" or "slide/glide"?

[MfonUdoiny]

But well, what do I know?

[Simon993601]

A snail does not walk.

[BryceHowel2]

Technically, the common way to say that in English would be "a snail is walking slowly" but wouldn't it also make sense that "a snail is slowly walking?" right??