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tafadhali

interjection

please.

Use it to make a request politely. It can come before or after the request.

Origins

The word’s earlier history is still under review.

  1. University of Kansas Open Language Resource Center, University of Kansas Kiswahili Glossary (University of Kansas Open Language Resource Center), tafadhali glossary rows.

    Uses tafadhali at the start of polite requests.

  2. Innovative Language Learning, Can You Say it Again in Swahili? (Innovative Language Learning), Lesson transcript, repetition request.

    Places tafadhali after a repetition request. This is a teaching example, not a frequency claim.

Examples

  1. Nisaidie, tafadhali.

    Help me, please.

  2. Tafadhali nipe maji.

    Please give me water.

  3. Tafadhali subiri kidogo.

    Please wait a moment.

  4. Tafadhali ingia.

    Please come in.

  5. Tafadhali keti.

    Please sit down.

  6. Tafadhali ongea polepole.

    Please speak slowly.

  7. Tafadhali rudia.

    Please repeat that.

  8. Tafadhali nisamehe.

    Please excuse me.

  9. Tafadhali funga mlango.

    Please close the door.

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