Do You Have an English Guide? in Swahili

Learn how to ask for an English version of something

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Lesson Transcript

INTRODUCTION

In this lesson, we’ll introduce you to a crucial phrase for you travelers who are interested in learning more about the tourist attractions you’re going to visit. Learning about the history and the cultural significance of places you visit, can be just as rewarding as seeing them. So now we’ll cover “Do you have an English information guide?”.

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In Swahili, “Do you have an English information guide?” is

Je, una mwongozo wa safari kwa kingereza?

Let’s break it down:

Je, una mwongozo wa safari kwa kingereza?

Once more:

Je, una mwongozo wa safari kwa kingereza?

The first word, Je, is a word that is used to create a question. In this case it implies, “do you?”

(slow) Je

Next we have una, which means “have?”

(slow) una

una

This is followed by mwongozo wa safari, which means “information guide.”

The word mwongozo is a “guide” or “guideline”

(slow) mwongozo

mwongozo

wa is a possessive agreement “of”

(slow) wa

And safari means “travel”

The last two words, kwa meaning “in” and kingereza meaning “English”, are “in English.”

(slow) kwa kingereza

kwa kingereza

Altogether, we have

(slow) Je, una mwongozo wa safari kwa kingereza?

Je, una mwongozo wa safari kwa kingereza?

This sentence refers to a pamphlet at the entrance of a museum.

To ask for a guide in a different language, we can just replace the word for “English” with the word for any other language and it works just fine. Let’s try “French” in Swahili.

“Do you have a French information guide?” is

Je, una mwongozo wa safari kwa kifaransa?

(slow) Je, una mwongozo wa safari kwa Kifaransa?

Je, una mwongozo wa safari kwa Kifaransa?

The only thing that changes is the language you are looking for. In this case it’s Kifaransa.

(slow) Kifaransa

Kifaransa

Let’s try now with a Spanish guide! It’s not so unlikely to find an information guide in Spanish, because Kenya is very popular with Spanish tourists all year round. “Spanish” here will be Kihispania.

(slow) Kihispania.

Kihispania.

“Do you have a Spanish information guide?” is

Je, una mwongozo wa safari kwa Kihispania?

(slow) Je, una mwongozo wa safari kwa Kihispania?

Je, una mwongozo wa safari kwa Kihispania?

Piece of cake!

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