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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.

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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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