Swahili
ninasema
nee-nah-SEH-mah
How to say it
Swahilininasemanee-nah-SEH-mahsoon
EnglishI speaksoon
Frenchje parlesoon
Meaning
a first-person present statement, I speak or I am saying.
Good to know
from the verb 'kusema' (to speak or say).
Examples
- Ninasema Kiswahili na Kiingereza.I speak Swahili and English.
- Ninasema kweli, sikudanganya.I am telling the truth, I did not lie.
- Ninasema polepole ili unielewe.I am speaking slowly so you can understand me.
- Kila ninaposema, wote hunisikiliza.Whenever I speak, everyone listens to me.