Swahili
wadaku
wah-DAH-koo
How to say it
Swahiliwadakuwah-DAH-koosoon
Englishinterrupterssoon
Frenchperturbateurssoon
Meaning
People who habitually interrupt or interject when others are speaking.
Good to know
plural of mdaku (m-/wa- class); mildly disapproving.
Examples
- Wadaku hao waliingilia mazungumzo ya wazee.Those interrupters cut into the elders' conversation.
- Kwa nini wadaku hawasubiri zamu yao ya kuzungumza?Why don't interrupters wait for their turn to speak?
- Sisi si wadaku, tunasikiliza kwa uvumilivu.We are not interrupters, we listen patiently.
- Wadaku hao watakemewa mkutanoni.Those interrupters will be reprimanded at the meeting.
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