Swahili
hiyari
hee-YAH-ree
How to say it
Swahilihiyarihee-YAH-reesoon
Englishchoicesoon
Frenchchoixsoon
Meaning
a variant of hiari: a choice, preference, or act of free will.
Good to know
kwa hiari means 'voluntarily, of one's own free will'.
Examples
- Alifanya hivyo kwa hiyari yake mwenyewe.He did that of his own free will.
- Una hiyari ya kuchagua chochote unachotaka.You have the choice to pick whatever you want.
- Hakuna aliyemlazimisha, alikuja kwa hiyari.No one forced him, he came voluntarily.
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