hakuna kitu
hah-KOO-nah KEE-too
How to say it
Swahilihakuna kituhah-KOO-nah KEE-toosoon
Englishnothing, there is nothingsoon
Frenchrien, il n’y a riensoon
Meaning
Says that not a single thing exists or is there, or that something did not happen at all.
Good to know
Hakuna, there is not, with kitu, thing. It is followed by ki class agreement: hakuna kitu kizuri, nothing good; hakuna kitu kama hicho, there is no such thing. Hakuna kitu chochote is stronger, nothing whatsoever.
Examples
- Nilifungua friji lakini hakuna kitu ndani.I opened the fridge but there is nothing inside.
- Hakuna kitu kigumu ukiwa na nia.Nothing is hard if you are determined.
- Alisema hakuna kitu kama hicho kilichotokea.He said nothing like that happened.
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