palepale
pah-leh-PAH-leh
How to say it
Swahilipalepalepah-leh-PAH-leh
Frenchjuste là, au même endroit; inchangé
Meaning
Points to exactly the same place already mentioned, and by extension says that a situation or a decision has not changed at all.
Good to know
The doubled form of pale, there, which makes it stronger. Uko palepale, it stays where it was, is common for a stand or a decision that has not moved; it can also mean on the spot, at once.
Examples
- Nilimwacha palepale alipokuwa amekaa asubuhi.I left him right there where he had been sitting in the morning.
- Msimamo wa chama uko palepale, hautabadilika.The party position remains the same; it will not change.
- Mwizi alikamatwa palepale sokoni.The thief was caught right there in the market.
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