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Default 08-16-2007, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by naomba mandazi View Post
Jambo! I recently was in Tanzania for a month (loved it by the way!) and bought a kitenge (?) and don't know what it says......would anyone be willing to translate for me? Hope it's not offensive....
"Ninakuona kama pweza kukujibu sitoweza."

Asante Sana!!!!!!!!
Am not a Tanzania really, but pweza is a squid or octopus, secondly it cam mean a scab - a result of an injury (verb) let the scab dry.

Sentence

"I see you like (pweza) to answer you i cannot"

Swahili has sayings, meaning this statement is not literal, you need to find the "meaning" of the statement and not the translations. Am consulting my Swa gurus for more.
 


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