Kiswahili

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Dealing with beggars/children

Jina langu si mzungu.

My name is not mzungu.

Usiniite mzungu.

Don’t call me mzungu.

Ukiniita mzungu, nitalia.

If you call me mzungu, I will cry.

Ukioga nitakukupa pesa.

If you bathe, I will give you money.

Niume!

Bite me!

Sickness

Ninafikiri ninakufa.

I think I’m dying.

Labda nina kichocho.

Probably I have bilharzia.

Usiniue.

Don’t kill me.

Niue sasa.

Kill me now.

Nipe dawa.

Give me drugs.

Niruhusu kuvua nguo yangu na utaona usaha yangu.

Let me remove my clothes and you will see my pus.

Prostitutes

Sitaki kufanya mapenzi kwa wewe.

I don’t want to have sex with you.

Ninunulie pombe kwanza.

Buy me a beer first.

Ni pesa ngapi kwa dakika kumi?

How much for 10 minutes?

Nipige mpaka ninaomba.

Beat me until I beg.

Niruhusu kuvua nguo yangu na utaona usaha yangu.

(See above – Sickness)

Other Useful Phrases

Ninaweza kufanya dansi kama tumbili.

I can dance like a monkey.

Kuna nywele kuota juu ya tako yangu.

There are hairs growing on my ass.

Nimekula mende.

I have eaten a cockroach.

Ninahitaji kukojoa kama punda.

I need to whiz like a donkey.

Unafikiri mavi yako hainuki.

You think your shit don’t stink.

Watu wengi wanasema ninfanana na nyani.

Many people say I resemble a baboon.