baadaye
adverb
Later; afterwards.
Use baadaye on its own to place something later in time. To name the event that comes first, use baada ya instead.
Origins
Baadaye developed from baada yake, “after it” or “after that”. The two words joined into a shorter form that means later or afterwards.
Sources4
Charles Sacleux, Grammaire des dialectes Swahilis (1909), 282.
Baadaye developed from baada yake, “after it” or “after that”. The two words joined into a shorter form that means later or afterwards.
A. C. Madan, Swahili-English Dictionary (1903), 44.
Baadaye developed from baada yake, “after it” or “after that”. The two words joined into a shorter form that means later or afterwards.
Edward Steere, A Handbook of the Swahili Language as Spoken at Zanzibar (1884), 242; 248.
Later; afterwards.
Open Language Resource Center, University of Kansas, Kiswahili Glossary, Glossary: baadaye.
Later; afterwards.
Examples
Nitakuja baadaye.
I will come later.
Tutaongea baadaye.
We will talk later.
Nitalipa baadaye.
I will pay later.
Hifadhi tiketi kwa matumizi ya baadaye.
Keep the ticket for later use.
Tulikula, halafu baadaye tukatembea.
We ate, and later we took a walk.
Unaweza kurudi baadaye?
Can you come back later?
Nitaangalia ujumbe baadaye.
I will check the message later.
Baadaye, mvua ilianza.
Later, it began to rain.
Tutapanga safari baadaye.
We will plan the trip later.
