Swahili
mpofu
m-PO-foo
How to say it
Swahilimpofum-PO-foosoon
Englishblind personsoon
Frenchaveuglesoon
Meaning
a blind person, one who cannot see.
Good to know
from the adjective -pofu (blind); the class 1 noun form, alongside the common phrase mtu kipofu.
Examples
- Mpofu yule anatembea kwa fimbo.That blind person walks with a cane.
- Mpofu hawezi kuona rangi za upinde wa mvua.A blind person cannot see the colors of the rainbow.
- Je, mpofu anaweza kusoma maandishi ya nukta nundu?Can a blind person read Braille?
- Hakuwa mpofu tangu kuzaliwa, alipofuka baadaye.He was not blind from birth, he became blind later.
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