Learn the question How is the Kenyan food? in Swahili and how to answer it
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| Eric: Top 25 Swahili Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 10 “How does Kenyan food taste?” (In each lesson of this 25 part series, you'll encounter a common question for Swahili learners, and then learn how to answer like a native. You'll learn how these key phrases work by breaking them down into each component. Then, through repetition and new vocabulary, you'll expand your understanding of the question, its answers, and any variations.) |
| In this lesson, you'll learn how to respond to the common question “How does Kenyan food taste?” In Swahili this is |
| Medina: Chakula cha wakenya cha onja aje? |
| Eric: The first word in the question is |
| Medina: Chakula |
| Eric: meaning “food” in English. |
| Medina: (Slow, by syllable) chakula |
| Eric: Listen again and repeat. |
| Medina: chakula |
| {Pause} |
| Eric: This pattern of first introducing a word at natural speed, providing the translation, breaking it down, and then giving it again at natural speed will be repeated throughout the series. Try to speak aloud as often as possible. The next word in the question is |
| Medina: cha wakenya |
| Eric: literally meaning “for Kenyan people” |
| Medina: (Slow, by syllable) cha wakenya |
| Eric: Now repeat. |
| Medina: cha wakenya |
| {Pause} |
| Eric: Listen to the first three words of the question and repeat. |
| Medina: chakula cha wakenya |
| {pause} |
| Eric: And after that is |
| Medina: cha onja |
| Eric: meaning “it tastes” |
| Medina: (Slow, by syllable) cha onja |
| Eric: Now repeat. |
| Medina: cha onja |
| {pause} |
| Eric: And after that is |
| Medina: aje |
| Eric: meaning “how” |
| Medina: (Slow, by syllable) aje |
| Eric: Now repeat. |
| Medina: aje |
| {Pause} |
| Eric: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Medina: Chakula cha wakenya cha onja aje? |
| {pause} |
| Eric: (You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies.) Master the following pattern and responses to the question “How does Kenyan food taste?” |
| Medina: Ni tamu sana. |
| Eric: "It's very delicious.” You’ll hear it one more time, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Medina: (Slow) Ni tamu sana. |
| {pause} |
| Eric: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word is |
| Medina: Ni |
| Eric: meaning “it.” |
| Medina: (Slow, by syllable) ni |
| Eric: Now repeat |
| Medina: ni |
| {Pause} |
| Eric: And after that is |
| Medina: tamu sana |
| Eric: meaning “very delicious.” |
| Medina: (Slow, by syllable) tamu sana |
| Eric:Now repeat. |
| Medina: tamu sana |
| {Pause} |
| Eric: Listen to the speaker say “It's very delicious” and then repeat. |
| Medina: Ni tamu sana. |
| {pause}Eric: For another answer, replace “delicious” with “good.” |
| Medina: kizuri |
| Eric: “ good” |
| Medina: (slow) kizuri (regular) kizuri |
| Eric: Listen to the phrase again, this time with “good.” |
| Medina: ni kizuri. |
| Eric: It mostly stays the same, we just replace “delicious” with “good.” Now say, “It's good.” |
| {pause} |
| Medina: ni kizuri. |
| Eric: For more practice, replace “good” with “salty.” |
| Medina: chenye chumvi nyingi |
| Eric: “salty” |
| Medina: (slow) chenye chumvi nyingi (regular) chenye chumvi nyingi |
| Eric: Listen to the phrase again, this time with “salty.” |
| Medina: ni chenye chumvi nyingi. |
| Eric: Again, it’s almost the same, we just replace “good” with “salty.” Now say,“It's salty.” |
| {pause} |
| Medina: ni chenye chumvi nyingi. |
| Eric: Let’s use a different adjective and replace “salty” with “spicy.” |
| Medina: chenye viungo |
| Eric: “spicy” |
| Medina: (slow) chenye viungo (regular) chenye viungo |
| Eric: Listen to the phrase again, this time with “spicy.” |
| Medina: chenye viungo. |
| Eric: It mostly stays the same, we just replace “salty” with “spicy.” Now say,“It's spicy.” |
| {pause} |
| Medina: ni chenye viungo. |
| Eric: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Kenya and someone asks for your opinion of the food. You want to say it's delicious. How would you answer? |
| Medina: Chakula cha wakenya cha onja aje? (five seconds) Ni tamu sana. |
| Eric: Now, you want to say it's good. Respond to the question. |
| Medina: Chakula cha wakenya cha onja aje? (five seconds) ni kizuri. |
| Eric: You want to say it's salty. Answer the speaker's question. |
| Medina: Chakula cha wakenya cha onja aje? (five seconds) kina chumvi nyingi. |
| Eric: You want to say it's spicy. What do you say? |
| Medina: Chakula cha wakenya cha onja aje? (five seconds) kina viungo. |
| Eric: Now you want to know what that person thinks of the meal. Ask the question. |
| (5 seconds) |
| Medina: Chakula cha wakenya cha onja aje? |
| {pause} |
| Eric: This is the end of Lesson 10. |
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