mashambani
mah-shah-MBAH-nee
How to say it
Swahilimashambanimah-shah-MBAH-nee
Englishcountryside, rural areas; in the fields
Frenchcampagne, zones rurales; aux champs
Meaning
The rural areas where people live by farming, away from towns; literally, at the farms or in the fields.
Good to know
A place form of mashamba, farms, used as a noun: maisha ya mashambani, rural life. Kurudi mashambani, to go back to the countryside.
Examples
- Watu wengi wa mashambani wanategemea kilimo.Many people in the countryside depend on farming.
- Wakati wa likizo tulienda kwa bibi mashambani.During the holidays we went to grandmother in the countryside.
- Wakulima wako mashambani tangu alfajiri.The farmers have been in the fields since dawn.
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