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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