Swahili
wala
WAH-lah
How to say it
SwahiliwalaWAH-lahsoon
Englishand notsoon
Frenchnisoon
Meaning
and not, nor, used to link two negative statements.
Good to know
typically doubled, as in wala... wala... (neither... nor...).
Examples
- Hakuweza kusema Kiingereza wala Kifaransa.He could speak neither English nor French.
- Sipendi chai wala kahawa.I don't like tea or coffee.
- Je, hukumuona wala hukumsikia?Did you neither see him nor hear him?
- Hatukwenda dukani wala sokoni leo.We went to neither the shop nor the market today.
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