ndiko
NDEE-koh
How to say it
SwahilindikoNDEE-koh
Englishthat is where, it is there (that)
Frenchc’est là que
Meaning
Points to a place already named and stresses that it is exactly there: ndiko alikokwenda means that is where he went.
Good to know
Formed from ndi, it is, and ko, there (for a general or distant place); it is often followed by a verb with ko: ndiko wanakoishi. The sister forms are ndipo and ndimo.
Examples
- Mji wa Mwanza ndiko nilikozaliwa.The city of Mwanza is where I was born.
- Soko liko mjini, ndiko tunakoenda sasa.The market is in town, that is where we are going now.
- Nidhamu ndiko kuna mafanikio.Discipline is where success lies.
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