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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