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Swahili

kifarasi

ki-fa-RA-si

How to say it

Swahilikifarasiki-fa-RA-sisoon
Englishat a gallopsoon
Frenchau galopsoon

Meaning

in the manner of a horse, at a gallop.

Good to know

used adjectivally and adverbially, chiefly in the phrase enda mbio kifarasi, to run at a gallop.

Examples

  • Alikimbia kifarasi kuelekea shambani.He ran at a gallop toward the farm.
  • Farasi yule anaenda kifarasi kweli kweli.That horse really moves at a full gallop.
  • Hakuweza kukimbia kifarasi kwa sababu ya mguu wake.He could not run at a gallop because of his leg.
  • Watoto walicheza wakikimbia kifarasi uwanjani.The children played running like galloping horses in the field.

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