kile
KEE-leh
How to say it
SwahilikileKEE-lehsoon
Englishthat (ki class, over there); whatsoon
Frenchce... là ; ce quesoon
Meaning
Points to a thing of the ki class far from both speakers, like that over there; before a relative verb it means what or that which.
Good to know
It agrees with ki class nouns (kitabu kile); the plural is vile. Kile ninachotaka means what I want. Sister forms: hiki (this), hicho (that, mentioned), kile (that, far away).
Examples
- Unakiona kilima kile pale mbali?Do you see that hill over there?
- Kitabu kile ni kizito sana.That book is very heavy.
- Sielewi kile unachosema, tafadhali rudia.I do not understand what you are saying, please repeat.
Not yet checked by a native speaker.