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chenji

noun

change.

Use chenji for change when paying. Una chenji? asks whether someone has change.

Origins

Chenji comes from English change.

  1. Andrew Harvey, Epenthetic Vowels in Swahili Loanwords (2014), printed 44, Appendix: Loanwords in Swahili (E = English).

    Chenji comes from English change.

  2. University of Kansas Kiswahili Glossary

    Change.

Examples

  1. Una chenji?

    Do you have change?

  2. Nina chenji.

    I have change.

  3. Sina chenji.

    I do not have change.

  4. Chenji ni shilingi hamsini.

    The change is fifty shillings.

  5. Nipe chenji yangu, tafadhali.

    Give me my change, please.

  6. Nimesahau chenji yangu.

    I have forgotten my change.

  7. Chenji yako iko hapa.

    Your change is here.

  8. Nahitaji chenji.

    I need change.

  9. Nimepata chenji yangu.

    I have received my change.

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