For a Tanzanian, you did great. Though you give us 3/10 for Swahili, I award you a solid 8/10 for your English. Otherwise, karibu nyumbani ndugu. We Kenyan 🇰🇪 and Tanzanian 🇹🇿 like to engage in siblings rivalry, but deep down, we love each other🙏🏿🙏🏿
If you want perfect swahili in Kenya, go to schools. We only use perfect swahili in our books. The street swahili is what we speak. The good think is we can understand Tanzania's but they can't understand ours.
Very true. Kenyans speak and write proper swahili in school. The street swahili is called sheng. Only Kenyans understand it. It’s like the American slang which is common with the African Americans but now being copied and enjoyed by the young people from other races. It’s called being creative for that’s who we are.
Even those who went to a school and Study perfect Swahili still Don’t know proper Swahili. They mix up tenses, lots of grams and so forth. Example is Kenyans President. Went to school properly all the way to acquire PhD all in Kenyan Schools but he does NOT know how to Speak proper Swahili. His Swahili is still broken just like other streets people
@@miriamwangari1287 Even in School still broken. How come a Kenya will have a Masters Degree but his/her Swahili still like the one of Kindergarten of Tanzania
Best interview ever. Get a Kenyan perspective on Tanzania. We love each other as neighbors. The Tanzania dude gives very good and honest perspectives. Most Tanzanians don’t like admitting that Nairobi is more advanced than Dar. But that’s the truth, Tanzania we need to up our game.
I’m a Tanzanian, I was in Nairobi in for new years, weh weh ! Nairobi is developed, you guys are ahead like 30-40 yrs .. Its communism that made us get development very late, we had socialism for 20 years or so
@@haithamally7514Julius Nyerere believed in socialism but me personally i can say that Tanzania and Kenya can have a healthy competition without the xenophobia tribalism etc. Kenya sadly has more slums than Tanzania
The way we cook in Kenya has helped with our health, the average Kenyan is in shape. Obesity is not necessarily a thing….. we don’t dump unhealthy stuff in our food just for flavor. No Pam Oil cooking in Kenya 🇰🇪it is what it is 😊 love the diversity in Africa.
@@kkristian8350 I hear African Americans making fun of white people saying salt ain't seasoning. They'd be in shock in Kenya because we only use salt as seasoning most of the time.
As someone from the Kenyan mountains, in 2024 we will use more spices. For now, salt is the spice of life.💪🏼💪🏼 2. If you say hi, we will say hi back. If you ever ask for help, or we spot that we can do something to help, we don't hesitate.
Tanzania and Kenya are so similar yet so distinguishable. We know we love each other but will let little disagreements push us to the brink. On paper, Kenya and Tanzania are arguably the easiest countries to integrate, in practice...well...Anyway, much love to our Tanzanian Brothers and Sisters, from Kenya. Tunapenda kusumbuana lakini, Adui wenu ni adui wetu.
Kenyan swahili slang is evolving pretty fast .. even someone born in Nairobi like me can't keep up .. every neighborhood in Nairobi has something new... my Sheng is currently outdated... because im busy all the time 😂😂😂
You land in kenya Language complication number one This people whatever they tell you can not fathom You are not alone even we kenyans We don't understand 😅 anything The shit they speaks down there must be kiudu personal😅😅
Good interview. Tanzania 🇹🇿 food is influenced by Swahili culture, like the Kenya coast. Kenya's inland cooking is more ethnic. On language, bro got it wrong. Kenya has Swahili and English as both official and national languages, in addition, all mother tongues as regional languages. Kenyan vs Tanzanian Swahili is like America vs British English. We engage more in slang than sticking to the orthodoxy😂.
He’s not lying I’m half Kenya half Tanzania and a grew in Kenya when I went to Tanzania to visit my grandma and family they were laughing at my Swahili today’s day I don’t speak Kenya Swahili anymore 😭
Honest insights👌 Some clarifications though. Kenyans are generally reserved in public but at the same time very warm in close social circles etc. Striking a com with a random stranger is cautiously embraced if it's on mutual topics. To foreigners,this might look as cold but as one embeds into the society, you'll learn the cues and nuances when to engage Kenyans. The food aspect comes up regularly as either blund or not seasoned. Kenyans eat fresh food and spicing up is akin to musking up the authentic tastes and aroma. We prefer seasoning food to our own individual liking on the table with choice condiments. The American bro wanted to know how we pick you guys in a crowd! 😂 Simple, the Obama swag with most AA men sells them out even without the accent 😂
The only time I use good/fluent Swahili is inside a Swahili class especially while writing - with excellent results 😂😂 Good Swahili is too cumbersome for me 😭😭 I partly grew up in Mombasa but we quickly dumped the Coastal Swahili accent and adopted the broken one.
Very good interview and nice to get additional perspectives from others visiting a country. Would be a good regular segment on your channel if you can find other folk in the country you're in to have a chat with and get their perspective.
I know I've tried this(proper Swahili )and I'm always questioned like why are you speaking like that? 😂😂....as much as we did it in school it's unusual to speak it that way lol
I'm glad you separated Mombasa/ the whole coast of Kenya from the rest of Kenya in terms of our Kiswahili. Tanzanians have often mistaken my Kiswahili from thinking I'm from Dar or Zanibari..... but it's true the Mombasa Swahili is similar to TZ. Now I must say, some TZ do speak Swahili with another interesting accent, I think it's a tribal accent kinda thing but it's not the proper swahili pronounciation. I have come accross a few TZ here in the US with a little bit of an interesting Swahili pronounciation which isn't the proper pronounciation but I canunderstand because of out tibal languages too.
Kenyan are a holding Sufuria on The Street because of luck of Jobs but you want TanZania to come and work in Kenya, which Job do you have to give to a TanZanian?
@@ameedamilja7992even with all that going on, Tupo mbele yenyu employment wise, we are frustrated because things are not going as we’d like lakini bado Tanzania hawatuoni 😊
Kenyan Swahili from Cost still not A proper Swahili, because is more based on Tribal languages of Voastal peoples like Giriama, Digo and Segeju. Is shot is better than other parts of Kenya but it is NOT better than Tanzanian One and that’s the fact.
Im from Mombasa Kenya and many people dont know that between us there's has been alots of marriages between 🇰🇪 and 🇹🇿 along the coastal area and nyanza area of kenya and Mara northern part of Tz to nyanza Land of Kenya despite all between us we like to challenge each other and we love one another has two families in two states in East Africa
True that. Our insha us proper swahili and when speaking with our brothers from the coast, we change our swahili and speak the proper swahili. You will be surprised our proper our swahili is on paper.
Funny fact the Tanzania swahili is good verbally but sucks when written down in terms of grammar while Kenya is vice versa and depends where someone comes from note that
I'm a Kenyan. I've worked in Tanzania (Unguja). Tanzania has a acsent which may make one think that their kiswahili is better than Kenyan Swahili. However, what they speak in the street isn't pure (sanifu), just like Kenya. We however have a larger English speaking population than Tanzania. But I've met some few Tanzanians who speak very good English.
Actually Swahili is our national language, English is our official language. But I agree compared to Tanzania our Swahili is very poor😂😂 mostly because In urban areas alot of slang is incorporated in the Swahili.
Back in High School, I realised that guys from Coast were good in spoken Swahili but poor in written Swahili. Kids in basic school level have a very good grasp of Swahili, and I can bet that Tanzanian schools would perhaps lose in a written Swahili contest to Kenyans
9:40 I find that Foreigners carry themselves more confidently, have more direct eye contact, seem ready to smile at everyone, and are more approachable than the typical Kenyan.
We Kenyans speak english, sheng and shembeteng, swahili is when very extremely nessecary when its a matter of life n death n yes we understand why he would like the coast
I do not agree that our swahili is bad. There's this thing in swahili called lahaja. Language varies from place to place, and Nairobi being far Dar es Salaam, subtle difference bound to appear and this can be noted universally in all languages. A good example is English with its numerous dialects such as British Australian and American dialects. And also Cockney Welsh Scottish Southern dialect So I don't think our swahili is bad, it's just a different dialect and it also varies from town to town.
Over here, ruclips.net/video/5fPctaQv478/видео.html, we just lift the eye brows and it's enough said. It is only Swahili that is taught in Swahili in Kenya, rest of subjects are taught in English. So our vocabulary always be mixing the two because they're at our disposal. But we'd surprise your friend in an exam setting where the rules are strict.
Swahili is spoken by so many countries in East and Central Africa. You have to understand Swahili is a mix of Arab and native Bantu tribes so it varies from place to place in terms of pronunciation, grammar and culture
The Kenyan one is NoT about Pronunciation, It is Broken and don’t make sense sometimes. The Swahili of Kenya NO Tenses at all. Something happened yesterday it will sound like it’s happening now or it will happen tomorrow. Is like kids talks.
@@ameedamilja7992 One thing you need to realize about culture and language is that non is superior to the other. There is no perfect way of how language is meant to be and most of all these is influenced by our mother tongue. That’s why you will find the coastal people have different grammar from the City people and the village people associate Swahili more to the way their tribe tenses and grammar are like. So it does not have to make sense. That is where we go wrong. One thing about culture is that there is non that is superior to the other. As long as we get to understand we will embrace each other and let live. If you listen to the Swahili Congolese speak it’s way different and it’s because of their tribe influence. There is no right way to represent language we are all just adopting all these the way we know best same to even the foreign languages
This interview is interesting because we're on different levels in all aspects with Tanzanias. Except the Kenyan Coast, Mombasa & Malindi, the rest of the country we don't put much efforts in cooking like Tanzania or West Africans. West Africans are the Kings in this however when it comes to international cuisines, Kenyans have it. Mombasa & Malindi speak standard/proper Swahili than even Tanzanias. Nairobians speak Sheng, that's a mix of corrupt kiswahili words with English words or a mixture of English & Kiswahili. Kenyan's pace of doing things and reasoning is faster😊 Above all, Kenyans are friendly/approachable and hospitable too, he's the 1st one i have heard say otherwise As a Kenyan, i can easily identify an African from another country by their accent and how they look like, facial structures are different. African Americans from UK, US, they don't speak the same too😊😊
@FREEDOMCHASERSLIFE glad you're giving us, Kenyans living outside Kenya, our country is a gem with huge potential. Even though this is something I hear often from people I meet who have visited Kenya. Much respect from our brothers from other African countries who are also appreciating & confirming this! Enjoy your stay & maybe make it your foreever home too!
Compared to other East Africans, even Africans, Kenyans are not approachable and even 'cold'. Especially Nairobi, folks mind their own business on average.
I hear that in Kenya the housing is very inexpensive ...I was thinking about moving there but I don't know about the weather...nooo..I live in NYC I'm trying to get away from the cold weather...My first choice was Rwanda or maybe Ghana...how cold are was talking?
Nairobi is cold around July to October. Mombasa is warmer throughout the year. Real Estate is absolutely cheaper if you're considering it with developed countries
He's wrong about language. Swahili is both a national language and official language in Kenya and most Kenyans speak Kiswahili as their first language. However urban area Kenyans sometimes speak sheng which is a slang and is what he's referring to
I disagree with you..our swahili is baad..the thing is, we think it's perfect and it's not..eg..mandizi for ndizi..etc..visit tz and you'll understand that our swahili is awful..and it's not because of sheng..by the way they also have their slang kiaina..
@@ameedamilja7992 Kenyans speak Sheng by choice, otherwise they have all studied the pure Swahili in school for atleast 12 years and can easily switch to it if necessary. In fact the "Bara" Kenyans attain better scores in Kiswahili than the so called indegenious Swahilis from the coast. A typical Kenyan can switch from English to Mother tongue to pure Swahili and to Sheng with ease
Nice interview, as always your vlogs/videos are always great!!!,Tell your friend from Tee-Zed # kaka yetu, we love him and welcome him to live in 🇰🇪 his second home and he'll soon realise we're so warm and friendly. As for recognising Americans, everything about you lot is loud, actions, volume and quite hyper [is it ok to add swagger as well??] (those aren't mean descriptions/ I'm not being mean), you travel a lot, pay attention to Blacks from 🇬🇧, Canada or Europe, you'll notice a calmer demeanor. Of course, that's in general.
It's not only Americans,we The Tanzanian we can tell he is from east africa. He can easily be kenyan,ugandan or tanzanian.The American i would think is Nigerian if he did not speak.
Our Kiswahili is not bad, it's actually one of the best in the world; we just have a different accent from yours. it's just like the USA, UK, and Australia they speak English but in different accents.
Like every other language, Swahaili has many versions or dialects. American English isn't necessarily same as British English but none is lesser. Let Tanzanians give us a break!
He is wrong.. Kiswahili is the National language... English is formal language..I think he is referring to Sheng and not KISWAHILI..Kenyans know the alternative kiswahili word for every sheng word spoken..And Sheng is majorly spoken in Nairobi and a little less in other towns..I think Mombasa and zanzibar ppl speak the best Kiswahili in all kiswahili speakers..And accents matter too..Great video
Kenya has more rich people than Tanzania. But the strange thing is that Kenya also has more poverty than Tanzania. Kenya has surpassed Tanzania in the development of some areas of big cities, but they have also surpassed Tanzania in terms of poverty. So in Kenya you are good at good and good at bad.
Not a bad interview... Our TZ jirani was fair. English is our official language; Swahili is our national language; Our mother tongue is our tribal language; Both English and Swahili are taught from primary school as compulsory! We Kenyans prefer to speak Swahili in urban centres/towns/cities; Our urban Swahili is influenced by "sheng" made up of swahili, english, local languages and other invented words. Not many apart from youth can understand because sheng evolves with every generation. Our Coast brothers and sisters are fluent in Swahili and speak mostly unadulterated swahili.
My husband is black American too but most people think he's nigerian because of the beard i guess 😅 . When it comes to socializing and friendship, just go to a club. the more drunk we are, the more happy and friendly we become.
Kabisa . We have freedom of speech here. We keep our government on its toes. Najua huwezi kufanya hivyo TZ. Hakuna uhuru wa vyombo vya habari na unadhibitiwa sana.
Most African Americans /West Africans tend to be huge. The average Kenyan man is lean (apart from Luos and Luyhas). Also, facial features are different.
He should have blessed us with some Swa at least 😅 Actually, I'm sure his criticism of our food etc. would have been more painful, so maybe it's good he stuck to English 😂
What's wrong with people with Kenyan food. It's how we cook it, and we love it that way. Again we pride ourselves with Swahili. Nobody owns the Swahili language. Hiyo yako nenda nayo na ukooooo.
The Tanzanian might not know that Swahili language traces its origins from the Kenyan coast of Mombasa when arab traders came here to do business and that there are variations of swahili (kiswahili mufti and kiswahili sanifu) so we can choose to be good in it or bad in it because it came from here
U dont know even Arabs setteled longer in Daresalaam,and Kilwa Tanzania than kenya, u dont know even Dar es salaam itself is an word means abode of peace
And you don't even know that Pokomo,Mijikenda and Taita tribes of Kenya were hugely responsible for the spread of swahili and that the swahili Tanzania claims to start is made up of loan words from Arabic language and not the original version
@@gtdabo how would i fail to know that. I know most words are borrowed from Arabs , portugues etc but all i know is Tanzania is the essential part of swahili edification as the matter of fact the former regimes standardized it to be a national and formal language hence its taste is still valid due to its continuous use , imagine tungekua na kiswahil Tanzania leo hii waafrika mashariki tungejivunia nini?? Now u see a keyan codeswitch language sthng that sounds very stupid and u dont here people say, its either swahili or English and not the use of two languages at once .unamskis mkenta anasema surely mbona hukunibuyia maandazi wakati ni simple tu "kweli ! Mbona hujaninunulia maandazi
@@FreeGod368 now you have started insults ambayo nikianza hutatoboa. Tanzania choosing to use swahii fooled you to think that you started it. Ni kama saa hii sisi tu claim Kenya started Athletics just because we rule the sport. What you guys lack is exposure to the outside world and you are being brainwashed by your CCM government.Even when oppressed, you are still praising you guys over there choose to bury your head in the sand thats why your human development index is underwhelming
@@FreeGod368 when you say "unamsikia mkenya akisema nibuyie" that exposes your ignorance and lack of understanding of Kenya because the content which you see online only gives you Nairobi perspective, which ,because of its cosmopolitan nature necessitates diverse languages. If you go to Mombasa, Malindi,Lamu,Kilifi,Kwale,Taita Taveta,Voi where swahili was traced, do you think you'll hear sheng? Don't be fooled by online content creators who speak sheng and brag that Kenyans don't know swahili. And actually, Kenya was the country which pushed for the adoption of Swahili as an official language of AU and other African countries while your government was oppressing the opposition
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Excuse my English guys...😂😂
You speak well, to be honest. Tanzania kina Diamond Platnumz slaughter and murder English.
You were good bro, tume-kuget😄😄
😂😂..and please excuse our kiswahili....swa ya Kamusi yenu ni diambo kubonga bro but tunawanyita mamorio wetu wa TZ..
@@wakawaka5131 hahaha noma sana bro
For a Tanzanian, you did great. Though you give us 3/10 for Swahili, I award you a solid 8/10 for your English. Otherwise, karibu nyumbani ndugu. We Kenyan 🇰🇪 and Tanzanian 🇹🇿 like to engage in siblings rivalry, but deep down, we love each other🙏🏿🙏🏿
If you want perfect swahili in Kenya, go to schools. We only use perfect swahili in our books. The street swahili is what we speak. The good think is we can understand Tanzania's but they can't understand ours.
Very true. Kenyans speak and write proper swahili in school. The street swahili is called sheng. Only Kenyans understand it. It’s like the American slang which is common with the African Americans but now being copied and enjoyed by the young people from other races. It’s called being creative for that’s who we are.
Swahili is best at Kenya schools but kwa mitaa my friend hutaelewa🤔but our education is top 🇰🇪
Even those who went to a school and Study perfect Swahili still Don’t know proper Swahili. They mix up tenses, lots of grams and so forth. Example is Kenyans President. Went to school properly all the way to acquire PhD all in Kenyan Schools but he does NOT know how to Speak proper Swahili. His Swahili is still broken just like other streets people
@@miriamwangari1287 Even in School still broken. How come a Kenya will have a Masters Degree but his/her Swahili still like the one of Kindergarten of Tanzania
@@ameedamilja7992Coz we don’t need it and it’s not kindergarten your english is the kindargarten type.
Best interview ever. Get a Kenyan perspective on Tanzania. We love each other as neighbors. The Tanzania dude gives very good and honest perspectives. Most Tanzanians don’t like admitting that Nairobi is more advanced than Dar. But that’s the truth, Tanzania we need to up our game.
Be kind in your language please.
I’m a Tanzanian, I was in Nairobi in for new years, weh weh ! Nairobi is developed, you guys are ahead like 30-40 yrs .. Its communism that made us get development very late, we had socialism for 20 years or so
@@haithamally7514Julius Nyerere believed in socialism but me personally i can say that Tanzania and Kenya can have a healthy competition without the xenophobia tribalism etc. Kenya sadly has more slums than Tanzania
@@njonjokibera9587for real
@@njonjokibera9587Wow😂
I think this Tanzanian guy is genuine. He just said the facts.
Good interview!.
I'm a Tanzanian living Kenya for the past five years!.
Honestly I like it Kenya!.
Thanks for watching
I want to experience dar es salaam too,
I'm sure it's special too
We can change.hapa Kenya tunafanya ujinga
@@RootsMizizi Tanzania is nice but imeja na dirt roads
Give me your citizenship 🇰🇪I give you mine
I’m impressed by this TZ guy’s English. Honest review which we should appreciate 👍
Paradise🇹🇿🇹🇿🇹🇿🇹🇿🇹🇿🇹🇿🇹🇿, no matter what.. Swahili land..❤❤❤
The way we cook in Kenya has helped with our health, the average Kenyan is in shape. Obesity is not necessarily a thing….. we don’t dump unhealthy stuff in our food just for flavor. No Pam Oil cooking in Kenya 🇰🇪it is what it is 😊 love the diversity in Africa.
So the food in Kenya lacks Flavor 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
@@kkristian8350 It taste like true food before you add blablablba meat taste like meat sukuma taste like sukuma
@@kkristian8350 ..hey salt adds plenty of flavor.😂
@@kkristian8350 I hear African Americans making fun of white people saying salt ain't seasoning. They'd be in shock in Kenya because we only use salt as seasoning most of the time.
@@kkristian8350 yes we love our food the way it is. Never forced it on anybody. To each his own!
We love you Tanzanians but honestly your kiswahili is the best in the region,, in coastal region they speak kiswahili fluently
I was intrigued to get a Tanzanian perspective on Kenya.
This is a really great interview! 👍👍👍👍
This was a good interview! I learned many things today. All I know is Kenya and Tanzania are neighbors and should just compliment each other!
As someone from the Kenyan mountains, in 2024 we will use more spices. For now, salt is the spice of life.💪🏼💪🏼
2. If you say hi, we will say hi back. If you ever ask for help, or we spot that we can do something to help, we don't hesitate.
Tanzania and Kenya are so similar yet so distinguishable. We know we love each other but will let little disagreements push us to the brink. On paper, Kenya and Tanzania are arguably the easiest countries to integrate, in practice...well...Anyway, much love to our Tanzanian Brothers and Sisters, from Kenya. Tunapenda kusumbuana lakini, Adui wenu ni adui wetu.
Kenyan swahili slang is evolving pretty fast .. even someone born in Nairobi like me can't keep up .. every neighborhood in Nairobi has something new... my Sheng is currently outdated... because im busy all the time 😂😂😂
😂😂 thanks for watching
That's interesting..
It’s all stupid n laziness tbh
@@tonygee5680what an awful and ignorant take this is.
You land in kenya
Language complication number one
This people whatever they tell you can not fathom
You are not alone even we kenyans
We don't understand 😅 anything
The shit they speaks down there must be kiudu personal😅😅
Good interview. Tanzania 🇹🇿 food is influenced by Swahili culture, like the Kenya coast. Kenya's inland cooking is more ethnic. On language, bro got it wrong. Kenya has Swahili and English as both official and national languages, in addition, all mother tongues as regional languages. Kenyan vs Tanzanian Swahili is like America vs British English. We engage more in slang than sticking to the orthodoxy😂.
Thanks for watching!
Both English and Kiswahili are official languages in Kenya. And yes, Kiswahili is the national language
Read more to become polite in your language.
@@baruasafi5880 and what is your level? 😂😂
@@rang3688 Grade 2 dropout.
He’s not lying I’m half Kenya half Tanzania and a grew in Kenya when I went to Tanzania to visit my grandma and family they were laughing at my Swahili today’s day I don’t speak Kenya Swahili anymore 😭
Honest insights👌
Some clarifications though. Kenyans are generally reserved in public but at the same time very warm in close social circles etc. Striking a com with a random stranger is cautiously embraced if it's on mutual topics. To foreigners,this might look as cold but as one embeds into the society, you'll learn the cues and nuances when to engage Kenyans.
The food aspect comes up regularly as either blund or not seasoned. Kenyans eat fresh food and spicing up is akin to musking up the authentic tastes and aroma. We prefer seasoning food to our own individual liking on the table with choice condiments.
The American bro wanted to know how we pick you guys in a crowd! 😂 Simple, the Obama swag with most AA men sells them out even without the accent 😂
The only time I use good/fluent Swahili is inside a Swahili class especially while writing - with excellent results 😂😂
Good Swahili is too cumbersome for me 😭😭 I partly grew up in Mombasa but we quickly dumped the Coastal Swahili accent and adopted the broken one.
😂😂 thanks for watching
Your content is always lit🔥💪🏾🇰🇪
Thank you💪🏾
Very good interview and nice to get additional perspectives from others visiting a country. Would be a good regular segment on your channel if you can find other folk in the country you're in to have a chat with and get their perspective.
Very good idea. We we actually talking about doing that.
Great interview! Shalom!
A level headed and eloquent brother from TZ. This was as balanced as it could get. Thanks to you both.
Our pleasure!
As a Kenyan naanza aje kusema vitu vyangu, ama naenda sokoni, ama sogea.
Vitu zangu, naenda kwa soko, weh songa nipite.
You speak like that outside Mombasa and heads are going to turn for sure lol
@@wamothothefoodie facts. Ukiongea Kiswahili sanifu msee anakuangalia funny.
I know I've tried this(proper Swahili )and I'm always questioned like why are you speaking like that? 😂😂....as much as we did it in school it's unusual to speak it that way lol
We agree...in that Swahili 😅 looking forward to more vids with your wife.. the snacks video actually made me appreciate more snacks in my country 😀🙏🏽
I'm glad you separated Mombasa/ the whole coast of Kenya from the rest of Kenya in terms of our Kiswahili. Tanzanians have often mistaken my Kiswahili from thinking I'm from Dar or Zanibari..... but it's true the Mombasa Swahili is similar to TZ. Now I must say, some TZ do speak Swahili with another interesting accent, I think it's a tribal accent kinda thing but it's not the proper swahili pronounciation. I have come accross a few TZ here in the US with a little bit of an interesting Swahili pronounciation which isn't the proper pronounciation but I canunderstand because of out tibal languages too.
I'm Kenyan. I welcome critical review of my country like this dude has tried to do.
Great interview
Thank you
An 8/10?😳😳😳. The most honest Tanzanian I've ever seen, considering the two countries are like oil and water.😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂 thanks for watching
Woow. This Tanzanian chap is very honest. We love honesty and this dude is most welcome to Kenya even for a job opportunity. Karibu sana Bro to Kenya.
Thanks for watching
Kenyan are a holding Sufuria on The Street because of luck of Jobs but you want TanZania to come and work in Kenya, which Job do you have to give to a TanZanian?
@@ameedamilja7992even with all that going on, Tupo mbele yenyu employment wise, we are frustrated because things are not going as we’d like lakini bado Tanzania hawatuoni 😊
Un employment is a big problem in Kenya how comes you want a Tanzanian to work there while many Kenyans have been employed in Tz 🇹🇿
Much love to our neighbours in Tanzanian 🤝
Interesting perspectives right there. Who is your guest is he on socials? Would love to know more about him.
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enjoy listening to two bright chaps.
Thanks for listening
Agreed bro...they say Swahili was born in Zanzibar, grew up in Tanzania mainland, got sick in Kenya, died in Uganda, and got buried in Congo😀
😳 what…? 😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤸🤸🤸🤸
Kenyan swahili from the coast is the golden standard. Better than tz. The one that's he's criticizing is the one spoken outside the coast.
Kenyan Swahili from Cost still not A proper Swahili, because is more based on Tribal languages of Voastal peoples like Giriama, Digo and Segeju. Is shot is better than other parts of Kenya but it is NOT better than Tanzanian One and that’s the fact.
@@ameedamilja7992😂😂😂😂
@@ameedamilja7992Lau kama ungejua Kiswahili kilipo anzia
U dont know Tanzania my friend
@@ameedamilja7992 lol you just described what Swahili is. Swahili is a mix of coastal Bantu languages (mijikenda) etc and Arabic. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Im from Mombasa Kenya and many people dont know that between us there's has been alots of marriages between 🇰🇪 and 🇹🇿 along the coastal area and nyanza area of kenya and Mara northern part of Tz to nyanza Land of Kenya despite all between us we like to challenge each other and we love one another has two families in two states in East Africa
As Kenyans we can speak perfect Kiswahili if we want to. We just prefer Sheng to Kiswahili itself.
True that. Our insha us proper swahili and when speaking with our brothers from the coast, we change our swahili and speak the proper swahili. You will be surprised our proper our swahili is on paper.
100%
I disagree
Perfect swahili is a mouthful...by the time you form the words afadhali "hapo sawa" and you are done with it.
Kiswahili yenu mbaya, hata ya kuandika
Our swahili is a mixture of it & sheng(it's a type of slang) & the sheng words keeps on changing 😂
Good to know😂
@@FREEDOMCHASERSLIFE 'Sh'-swahili, 'Eng'- English (Sheng)
Not just Shang that is mixed with tribal words and English words, it is Broken from tenses to grama.
Funny fact the Tanzania swahili is good verbally but sucks when written down in terms of grammar while Kenya is vice versa and depends where someone comes from note that
I'm a Kenyan. I've worked in Tanzania (Unguja). Tanzania has a acsent which may make one think that their kiswahili is better than Kenyan Swahili. However, what they speak in the street isn't pure (sanifu), just like Kenya. We however have a larger English speaking population than Tanzania. But I've met some few Tanzanians who speak very good English.
Thanks for watching
Love it!
Actually Swahili is our national language, English is our official language. But I agree compared to Tanzania our Swahili is very poor😂😂 mostly because In urban areas alot of slang is incorporated in the Swahili.
I have has tanzanian classmates, they didnt get 100 in kiswahili, they were never number one
Kenyan swahili is not bad at all. It depends on where you come from. We speak perfectly in western Kenya.
Back in High School, I realised that guys from Coast were good in spoken Swahili but poor in written Swahili.
Kids in basic school level have a very good grasp of Swahili, and I can bet that Tanzanian schools would perhaps lose in a written Swahili contest to Kenyans
Was about to say this! Tanzanians have very poorly written Swahili.
That's very true brother
Brother traveled to kenya fr the first time, little by little he could get used to Kenyans
9:40 I find that Foreigners carry themselves more confidently, have more direct eye contact, seem ready to smile at everyone, and are more approachable than the typical Kenyan.
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Yes correct Kenyans are not confident maybe they think Kenya is not a great country
@@naominjeri7827 I think it's more of a cultural thing.
@@jennifermbogoKE yes it could be
Foreigners particularly americans and europeans offer less genuine smiles
We Kenyans speak english, sheng and shembeteng, swahili is when very extremely nessecary when its a matter of life n death n yes we understand why he would like the coast
Kenyan kiswahili is slang. We call it sheng. But believe it, we write very good kiswahili.
Especially people from mombasa and lamu
That’s good to know
Is The same as to Say TanZanians Don’t Doeak English but they write it very well.
@@ameedamilja7992 not in dispute at all.
Shalom Family Most High Bless ❤️ And that is right we are Africans 💕
Shalom
… with our African features sometimes it’s hard to tell who is who until we open our mouth n our accent tells it all🇹🇿🇰🇪
Agreed
I do not agree that our swahili is bad. There's this thing in swahili called lahaja. Language varies from place to place, and Nairobi being far Dar es Salaam, subtle difference bound to appear and this can be noted universally in all languages.
A good example is English with its numerous dialects such as British Australian and American dialects.
And also
Cockney
Welsh
Scottish
Southern dialect
So I don't think our swahili is bad, it's just a different dialect and it also varies from town to town.
"🎶Si hubonga kilami tukitaka ganji itoke, normally shembeteng"🎵
He should visit Nyeri and Kisumu and sample the Kiswahili there 😅
Over here, ruclips.net/video/5fPctaQv478/видео.html, we just lift the eye brows and it's enough said. It is only Swahili that is taught in Swahili in Kenya, rest of subjects are taught in English. So our vocabulary always be mixing the two because they're at our disposal. But we'd surprise your friend in an exam setting where the rules are strict.
.... Nairobi is just usually cold from June to August..... with the climax being in July.....
Yes we have noticed
Someone needs to know that Swahili is originally a Kenyan language..... The first speakers of the language liven in lamu and pemba islands
Swahili is spoken by so many countries in East and Central Africa. You have to understand Swahili is a mix of Arab and native Bantu tribes so it varies from place to place in terms of pronunciation, grammar and culture
Agreed
The Kenyan one is NoT about Pronunciation, It is Broken and don’t make sense sometimes. The Swahili of Kenya NO Tenses at all. Something happened yesterday it will sound like it’s happening now or it will happen tomorrow. Is like kids talks.
@@ameedamilja7992 One thing you need to realize about culture and language is that non is superior to the other. There is no perfect way of how language is meant to be and most of all these is influenced by our mother tongue. That’s why you will find the coastal people have different grammar from the City people and the village people associate Swahili more to the way their tribe tenses and grammar are like. So it does not have to make sense. That is where we go wrong. One thing about culture is that there is non that is superior to the other. As long as we get to understand we will embrace each other and let live. If you listen to the Swahili Congolese speak it’s way different and it’s because of their tribe influence. There is no right way to represent language we are all just adopting all these the way we know best same to even the foreign languages
Exactly
The Tz guy speaks good English with an American slant ...
This interview is interesting because we're on different levels in all aspects with Tanzanias.
Except the Kenyan Coast, Mombasa & Malindi, the rest of the country we don't put much efforts in cooking like Tanzania or West Africans. West Africans are the Kings in this however when it comes to international cuisines, Kenyans have it.
Mombasa & Malindi speak standard/proper Swahili than even Tanzanias. Nairobians speak Sheng, that's a mix of corrupt kiswahili words with English words or a mixture of English & Kiswahili.
Kenyan's pace of doing things and reasoning is faster😊
Above all, Kenyans are friendly/approachable and hospitable too, he's the 1st one i have heard say otherwise
As a Kenyan, i can easily identify an African from another country by their accent and how they look like, facial structures are different.
African Americans from UK, US, they don't speak the same too😊😊
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@FREEDOMCHASERSLIFE glad you're giving us, Kenyans living outside Kenya, our country is a gem with huge potential. Even though this is something I hear often from people I meet who have visited Kenya. Much respect from our brothers from other African countries who are also appreciating & confirming this!
Enjoy your stay & maybe make it your foreever home too!
Compared to other East Africans, even Africans, Kenyans are not approachable and even 'cold'. Especially Nairobi, folks mind their own business on average.
Be honest please.
Following from Nakuru Kenya
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I hear that in Kenya the housing is very inexpensive ...I was thinking about moving there but I don't know about the weather...nooo..I live in NYC I'm trying to get away from the cold weather...My first choice was Rwanda or maybe Ghana...how cold are was talking?
It hasn’t got lower than 50 degrees Fahrenheit
Nairobi is cold around July to October. Mombasa is warmer throughout the year. Real Estate is absolutely cheaper if you're considering it with developed countries
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The cold season is from May to July. August to October it's hot then rains start till January
Weather is comfortable , no extremes in Nairobi, no need for air conditioning
no extremes especially for person from America
Honest guy right there
Absolutely
Yeah in Kenya we speak sheng mix English Swahili It's called sheng ;🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪 and for perfect English we are good perfect Swahili we are good too
we don't have issues we are just siblings with little rivalry. it's understood.
Exactly
He's wrong about language. Swahili is both a national language and official language in Kenya and most Kenyans speak Kiswahili as their first language. However urban area Kenyans sometimes speak sheng which is a slang and is what he's referring to
Thanks for the info
I disagree with you..our swahili is baad..the thing is, we think it's perfect and it's not..eg..mandizi for ndizi..etc..visit tz and you'll understand that our swahili is awful..and it's not because of sheng..by the way they also have their slang kiaina..
Is their first language but the broken one.
@@ameedamilja7992 Kenyans speak Sheng by choice, otherwise they have all studied the pure Swahili in school for atleast 12 years and can easily switch to it if necessary. In fact the "Bara" Kenyans attain better scores in Kiswahili than the so called indegenious Swahilis from the coast. A typical Kenyan can switch from English to Mother tongue to pure Swahili and to Sheng with ease
Willey Nazareno ✈️ kama mzungu vile kumbe mwenetu. kizazi cha mswahili uswahilini 😄
Food wise I think there is no much difference between TZ and Kenya especially the Kenyan coast.
I find that continental Africans have Asiatic features. I can typically spot them.
Makes sense
Not all Kenyans speak bad swahilli. If we go around the coast, you will be amazed at how swahilli is fresh and row from the kitchen
There's bad swahili in cities only.
Jirani was very kind to us.
Nairobi use Sheng, that's mixed English and Swahili and some local slangs
In kenya our Swahili is infused with sheng(slang)that's why it's very different
Absolutely. Thanks for watching.
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Nice interview, as always your vlogs/videos are always great!!!,Tell your friend from Tee-Zed # kaka yetu, we love him and welcome him to live in 🇰🇪 his second home and he'll soon realise we're so warm and friendly.
As for recognising Americans, everything about you lot is loud, actions, volume and quite hyper [is it ok to add swagger as well??] (those aren't mean descriptions/ I'm not being mean), you travel a lot, pay attention to Blacks from 🇬🇧, Canada or Europe, you'll notice a calmer demeanor. Of course, that's in general.
Kenyans speak Swahili, English, Mother tongue and Sheng. Sheng is pidgin (a mix of many)
Thanks for the info
It's not only Americans,we The Tanzanian we can tell he is from east africa. He can easily be kenyan,ugandan or tanzanian.The American i would think is Nigerian if he did not speak.
Our Kiswahili is not bad, it's actually one of the best in the world; we just have a different accent from yours. it's just like the USA, UK, and Australia they speak English but in different accents.
Be honest
Makes sense
True. Lahaja
Good show boys.
Thank you
Like every other language, Swahaili has many versions or dialects. American English isn't necessarily same as British English but none is lesser. Let Tanzanians give us a break!
The background music was not necessary its good to put music off esp when doing vlog
He is wrong.. Kiswahili is the National language... English is formal language..I think he is referring to Sheng and not KISWAHILI..Kenyans know the alternative kiswahili word for every sheng word spoken..And Sheng is majorly spoken in Nairobi and a little less in other towns..I think Mombasa and zanzibar ppl speak the best Kiswahili in all kiswahili speakers..And accents matter too..Great video
Actually KENYAN women are very friendly if you get to know each other well.
Food is supposed to be different no bad food especially culture, kenyans know perfect swahili,but preference is sheng a slan with swagg
That’s good to know
Kenya has more rich people than Tanzania. But the strange thing is that Kenya also has more poverty than Tanzania. Kenya has surpassed Tanzania in the development of some areas of big cities, but they have also surpassed Tanzania in terms of poverty. So in Kenya you are good at good and good at bad.
Kenyans can speak swahili if we want .. but the swahili we speak is slang (sheng)
Good to know
Don’t say “if we want”, that’s a Lie. Most Kenyans Don’t speak good Swahili even those with PHD.
Not a bad interview... Our TZ jirani was fair. English is our official language; Swahili is our national language; Our mother tongue is our tribal language; Both English and Swahili are taught from primary school as compulsory! We Kenyans prefer to speak Swahili in urban centres/towns/cities; Our urban Swahili is influenced by "sheng" made up of swahili, english, local languages and other invented words. Not many apart from youth can understand because sheng evolves with every generation. Our Coast brothers and sisters are fluent in Swahili and speak mostly unadulterated swahili.
My husband is black American too but most people think he's nigerian because of the beard i guess 😅 .
When it comes to socializing and friendship, just go to a club. the more drunk we are, the more happy and friendly we become.
Yeah, that makes sense
Dar esalam is beautiful
It definitely is
ill be honest with you most tanzanians do not like kenyans but kenyans are chill
Zanzibar accent is more similar to Kenyan coast accent when it comes to speaking Kiswahili
We agree
@@FREEDOMCHASERSLIFE exactly. The TZ mainland accent is more different but the Zanzibar accent is similar to that of Mombasa, Kilifi and Lamu.
Wewe unasema kenya economy good kila siku mnaandamana
Kabisa . We have freedom of speech here. We keep our government on its toes. Najua huwezi kufanya hivyo TZ. Hakuna uhuru wa vyombo vya habari na unadhibitiwa sana.
English and Swahili/Zheng is our National language
Most African Americans /West Africans tend to be huge. The average Kenyan man is lean (apart from Luos and Luyhas). Also, facial features are different.
Good to know
He should have blessed us with some Swa at least 😅
Actually, I'm sure his criticism of our food etc. would have been more painful, so maybe it's good he stuck to English 😂
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What's wrong with people with Kenyan food. It's how we cook it, and we love it that way. Again we pride ourselves with Swahili. Nobody owns the Swahili language. Hiyo yako nenda nayo na ukooooo.
Our food tend to be plain , Tanzania food isn’t good either, Uganda tops in food
There's a difference between perfect swahili n spoken swahili
very honest interview from a tz
Absolutely, thanks for watching
I happen to like Tz More than Kenya, am Kenyan still
I think almost all African American have tattoos...that's one way to spot them.
Of cos american English and British is a bit different... Same goes with Swahili
The Tanzanian might not know that Swahili language traces its origins from the Kenyan coast of Mombasa when arab traders came here to do business and that there are variations of swahili (kiswahili mufti and kiswahili sanifu) so we can choose to be good in it or bad in it because it came from here
U dont know even Arabs setteled longer in Daresalaam,and Kilwa Tanzania than kenya, u dont know even Dar es salaam itself is an word means abode of peace
And you don't even know that Pokomo,Mijikenda and Taita tribes of Kenya were hugely responsible for the spread of swahili and that the swahili Tanzania claims to start is made up of loan words from Arabic language and not the original version
@@gtdabo how would i fail to know that. I know most words are borrowed from Arabs , portugues etc but all i know is Tanzania is the essential part of swahili edification as the matter of fact the former regimes standardized it to be a national and formal language hence its taste is still valid due to its continuous use , imagine tungekua na kiswahil Tanzania leo hii waafrika mashariki tungejivunia nini?? Now u see a keyan codeswitch language sthng that sounds very stupid and u dont here people say, its either swahili or English and not the use of two languages at once .unamskis mkenta anasema surely mbona hukunibuyia maandazi wakati ni simple tu "kweli ! Mbona hujaninunulia maandazi
@@FreeGod368 now you have started insults ambayo nikianza hutatoboa. Tanzania choosing to use swahii fooled you to think that you started it. Ni kama saa hii sisi tu claim Kenya started Athletics just because we rule the sport.
What you guys lack is exposure to the outside world and you are being brainwashed by your CCM government.Even when oppressed, you are still praising you guys over there choose to bury your head in the sand thats why your human development index is underwhelming
@@FreeGod368 when you say "unamsikia mkenya akisema nibuyie" that exposes your ignorance and lack of understanding of Kenya because the content which you see online only gives you Nairobi perspective, which ,because of its cosmopolitan nature necessitates diverse languages. If you go to Mombasa, Malindi,Lamu,Kilifi,Kwale,Taita Taveta,Voi where swahili was traced, do you think you'll hear sheng? Don't be fooled by online content creators who speak sheng and brag that Kenyans don't know swahili.
And actually, Kenya was the country which pushed for the adoption of Swahili as an official language of AU and other African countries while your government was oppressing the opposition