kuishi pamoja
koo-EE-shee pah-MOH-jah
How to say it
Swahilikuishi pamojakoo-EE-shee pah-MOH-jah
Englishto live together
Frenchvivre ensemble
Meaning
To share a home or a common life, as a couple, a family or different communities living side by side in peace.
Good to know
Takes a plural subject or na: kuishi pamoja na mtu, to live with someone. Used of couples who live together without marriage and of peaceful coexistence between groups.
Examples
- Wamekuwa wakiishi pamoja kwa miaka kumi.They have been living together for ten years.
- Makabila mbalimbali yanaishi pamoja kwa amani hapa.Different ethnic groups live together in peace here.
- Waliamua kuishi pamoja kabla ya kufunga ndoa.They decided to live together before getting married.
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