I am sipping my favorite tea and reading over SIC's prefield manual for Tanzania. There is a page dedicated to common Swahili greetings and key words that I should be familiar with.
"Habari" is a greeting like "How are you?"
"Nzuri" is the response: "Good!"
Since I am leaving in May(!) I better start buckling down on my Swahili!! Luckily for me, Swahili uses the same letters and pronunciation as English. I am checking out several books on Swahili from my library and will be carrying around a stash of flash cards with me for the duration of the next few months. And then I'll put it to practical use! :)
"Tuko pamoja!" "Together, we fight AIDS!"
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