hivi
HEE-vee
How to say it
SwahilihiviHEE-vee
Englishlike this, thus; these (ki class plural)
Frenchainsi, comme ceci; ces
Meaning
Points to the way something is being done or said, like this; it also means these with plural nouns of the ki and vi class.
Good to know
In fixed phrases: hivi karibuni, recently or soon; hivi sasa, right now; hivi punde, just now. After a vi noun it means these: vitabu hivi. Hivyo is the form for that way.
Examples
- Fanya hivi, usifanye vile.Do it like this, not like that.
- Tutakutana tena hivi karibuni.We will meet again soon.
- Vitabu hivi ni vya maktaba.These books belong to the library.
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