rudia

verb

to repeat; to do again.

Use it to ask someone to say something again: tafadhali rudia, please repeat that.

Origins

The word’s earlier history is still under review.

Innovative Language Learning, Can You Say it Again in Swahili? (Innovative Language Learning), Lesson transcript, repetition request.
Teaches rudia in a request to repeat something. This is a teaching transcript, not a usage survey.

Examples

Unaweza kurudia, tafadhali?
Could you repeat that, please?
Sawa, nitarudia.
Okay, I’ll repeat it.
Tafadhali rudia jina lako.
Please repeat your name.
Rudia swali polepole.
Repeat the question slowly.
Nitarudia sentensi hii.
I’ll repeat this sentence.
Tunaweza kurudia somo?
Can we go over the lesson again?
Usirudie kosa hilo.
Don’t repeat that mistake.
Alirudia maneno yangu.
They repeated my words.
Tafadhali rudia namba hiyo.
Please repeat that number.