Swahili Names for Common Cereals & Legumes
It’s common in some places to assume cereals include legumes, or rather what are technically referred to as pulses. The two are actually distinct from…
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Swahili Names for Common Vegetables, Herbs & Spices
Most of the common vegetables in Kenya are often referred to by their English names rather than their Swahili equivalent. Good examples include spinach, carrot,…
Swahili Names for Common Fruits & Nuts
Common fruits and nuts in Kenya are usually referred to by their Swahili or English names in almost eqaul measure. This unlike the case with…
Refresh Your Swahili with Free Swahili Dictionaries
Swahili is one sweet language. As much as I exclusively write here in English, truth of the matter is that I tend to and even…
Free Online and Offline Swahili Dictionaries
Let’s start with the most obvious medium here, the online dictionaries. You can “fire up” any one of these as long as you’ve internet and…
English Words For Common Kenyan Foods
It’s no secret that when it comes to some of our common foods, most of us don’t actually know the corresponding English terms for them.…