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Swahili

ijana

ee-JAH-nah

How to say it

Swahiliijanaee-JAH-nahsoon
Englishyoung person, adolescentsoon
Frenchjeune, adolescentsoon

Meaning

a young person, especially an adolescent or young adult; a synonym of kijana.

Good to know

a poetic or dialectal variant of kijana (youth).

Examples

  • Ijana yule anasoma chuo kikuu.That young person is studying at university.
  • Je, ijana huyo ni kaka yako?Is that young person your brother?
  • Hakuwa ijana tena baada ya miaka hiyo yote.He was no longer young after all those years.
  • Watajenga uwanja kwa ajili ya ijana wa kijiji.They will build a field for the youth of the village.

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