In Tanzania, cov neeg hais ib hom lus hu ua Swahili. Tej zaum nws yuav zoo li tsis yooj yim tab sis tsis txhob txhawj yog tias koj tsis paub zoo. Feem ntau cov neeg nyob ntawd kuj hais lus Askiv, uas yog qhov pab tau zoo heev!
Cov lus tseem ceeb hauv Tanzania yog Swahili (tseem hu ua Kiswahili), uas tau hais los ntawm ntau dua 90% ntawm cov pejxeem. Lus Askiv muaj raws li txoj cai - nws yog siv nyob rau hauv kev lag luam txawv teb chaws, diplomacy, thiab siab dua cov tsev hais plaub thiab ib feem raws li ib tug chav kawm ntawv hom lus nyob rau hauv lub tsev kawm ntawv theem nrab thiab kev kawm ntawv qib siab. Arabic kuj tseem muaj thoob plaws, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyob rau thaj tsam ntug dej hiav txwv thiab hauv Dar es Salaam. Nws kuj yog hom lus ntawm Zanzibar.
Kuj tseem muaj ntau dua 120 lwm yam lus thiab lus, uas feem ntau hais hauv cheeb tsam. Feem ntau Tanzanians thawj zaug kawm lawv cov lus hauv zos. Tom qab ntawd, hauv tsev kawm theem pib, lawv kawm Swahili thiab tom qab ntawv Askiv yog lawv mus kawm theem nrab. Kev kawm hauv cov tsev kawm ntawv theem nrab thiab cov tsev kawm qib siab feem ntau yog lus Askiv. Lus Askiv muaj ntau heev nyob rau hauv Tanzania, tab sis nws yog hais nyob rau hauv loj lub zos thiab cov chaw mus ncig tebchaws.
Tam sim no, txawm tias koj tsis paub Swahili, tej zaum koj yuav paub qee cov lus tsis paub nws. Zoo li lo lus 'safari' uas txhais tau tias 'txoj kev' hauv Swahili. Txias, txoj cai?
Tej zaum koj yuav paub lwm lo lus nto moo, xws li 'hakuna matata,' uas txhais tau tias 'tsis muaj kev txhawj xeeb'! Koj yuav hnov ntau zaus, nrog rau 'ncej ncej,' lub ntsiab lus 'maj mam, maj mam.'
Tab sis tsis txhob ntxhov siab txog qhov tsis paub txhua yam. Txawm hais tias koj hais 'nyob zoo' hauv Swahili, cov neeg yuav zoo siab koj tab tom sim. Thiab yog tias koj xav tham ntxiv, koj tuaj yeem siv lus Askiv ib txwm, uas ntau tus neeg nkag siab. Yog li, tsis tas yuav ntxhov siab; koj yuav ua zoo xwb!
| Nyob zoo sawv ntxov / Nyob zoo hmo ntuj | Jambo |
| Koj yog leej twg? | Habari Gani? |
| Zoo, ua tsaug, thiab koj? | Zoo heev li os |
| Kuv nkag siab / kuv tsis nkag siab | Tsis muaj leej twg / Tsis muaj leej twg |
| Thov txim | Ncej |
| Sib ntsib dua | Kwaheri |
| Zoo siab txais tos | caribou |
| Ua tsaug (ntau heev) | Zoo heev li os |
| Thov txim | Samahani |
| Kuv lub npe yog… | Ninaitwa |
| Tsis ua tsaug | Ua tsaug os |
| Tau / Tsis Tau | Npog / Npog |
| Koj puas kam | Tshav dav / dav |
| English | Swahili |
|---|---|
| Nws ntau npaum li cas? | Puas yog? |
| Nws yog pheej yig heev | Bei noj |
| Nws kim dhau! | Zoo heev |
| Koj puas tuaj yeem txo tus nqi? | Koj yuav tau txais kev cawmdim |
| Kuv xav yuav ... qhov no! | Ninataka nunua |
| Kuv nyiam nws / Kuv tsis nyiam nws | Ninapenda / Sina penda |
| nyiaj | Nyhav |
| Kuv tsuas saib ib ncig xwb. | Ninatazama koj |
| English | Swahili |
|---|---|
| kuv xav mus… | Ninataka kawg |
| dav hlau | Ndege |
| nkoj | Mashua |
| Tsheb ciav hlau | Treni |
| Tsheb tavxij | Tsheb tavxij |
| chaw tos tsheb loj | puag |
| Kuv xav xauj… | Ninataka kodi |
| Maus taus | Pikipiki |
| tsheb | Gari |
| Tsheb tuam | Baiskeli |
| English | Swahili |
|---|---|
| Nyob qhov twg…? / Kuv tuaj yeem tau mus li cas…? | Dab tsi? /Vim li cas? |
| Bank | Benki |
| Chaw nres tsheb ciav hlau | Stesheni |
| chaw | Kev hlub ntawm kuv |
| Hotel | Hoteli |
| tsev kho mob | Hospitali |
| Nws nyob ze / deb? | Nws puas yog? / Puas yog? |
| Ncaj nraim ua ntej | Moja thiab moja |
| Sab laug / Txoj Cai | Kev / Kulia |
| North / South / East / West | nord / sud / ovest / est |
| English | Swahili |
|---|---|
| ib, ob, peb, plaub, tsib, rau, xya, yim, cuaj, kaum | moja, mbili, tatu, nne, tano, sita, saba, nane, tis, kumi |
| nees nkaum, peb caug, plaub caug, tsib caug, rau caum | ishirini, Thelathini, arobaini, hamsini, sitini |
| xya caum, yim caum, cuaj caum | sabini, thematini, tisini |
| Ib puas | Mia |