tafsiri
tahf-SEE-ree
How to say it
Swahilitafsiritahf-SEE-reesoon
Englishtranslation; interpretationsoon
Frenchtraduction ; interprétationsoon
Meaning
A text or speech put into another language, or the meaning someone gives to words, a law or an event.
Good to know
Same form in the plural, with n class agreement: tafsiri hii, tafsiri nyingi. The verb is kutafsiri, to translate; a translator is mfasiri.
Examples
- Tafsiri ya kitabu hiki imefanywa vizuri.The translation of this book has been done well.
- Nilisoma tafsiri ya Kiswahili ya riwaya hiyo.I read the Swahili translation of that novel.
- Kila mtu ana tafsiri yake ya maneno hayo.Everyone has his own interpretation of those words.
Forms
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