fasihi
fah-SEE-hee
How to say it
Swahilifasihifah-SEE-hee
Englishliterature
Frenchlittérature
Meaning
Written and spoken works of art in words, such as novels, poems, plays, stories and proverbs, and the study of them.
Good to know
A noun of the n class with no plural. Fasihi simulizi is oral literature and fasihi andishi written literature; a school subject called fasihi ya Kiswahili.
Examples
- Anapenda kusoma fasihi ya Kiafrika.She loves reading African literature.
- Methali ni sehemu ya fasihi simulizi.Proverbs are part of oral literature.
- Mwalimu wetu wa fasihi ameandika riwaya mbili.Our literature teacher has written two novels.
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