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kesho

noun · adverb

Tomorrow; the day after today.

Use kesho to say when something will happen. Kesho kutwa means “the day after tomorrow”.

Origins

Kesho is recorded in nineteenth-century Swahili as “tomorrow”, alongside kesho kutwa, “the day after tomorrow”. Its deeper derivation remains uncertain.

  1. A. C. Madan, Swahili-English Dictionary (1903), 163.

    Kesho means tomorrow and can be a noun or adverb.

  2. Edward Steere, A Handbook of the Swahili Language as Spoken at Zanzibar (1884), 106; 332.

    Kesho means tomorrow and can be a noun or adverb. Kesho was recorded as tomorrow in 1884.

Examples

  1. Nitakuja kesho.

    I will come tomorrow.

  2. Tutaondoka kesho asubuhi.

    We will leave tomorrow morning.

  3. Kesho nina kazi.

    I have work tomorrow.

  4. Utafika kesho?

    Will you arrive tomorrow?

  5. Nitakulipa kesho.

    I will pay you tomorrow.

  6. Duka litafunguliwa kesho.

    The shop will open tomorrow.

  7. Tutaonana kesho jioni.

    We will see each other tomorrow evening.

  8. Sitakuwa hapa kesho.

    I will not be here tomorrow.

  9. Safari yetu ni kesho kutwa.

    Our trip is the day after tomorrow.

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