Swahili = the people
Kiswahili = the language
We had our first Kiswahili lesson today. We only learned the word Hapana witch means No. Still I know this probably will be one of my favorite lessons during the year due to the teacher. He has a very contagious laughter and a very un-Swedish way of teaching. He told us to come to his lessons as a pleasure not a pressure with his very exact over articulation of every English word. Then he told us that if we felt tired it was totally okay to take naps during class, I doubt anyone will, these lessons will be way to much fun for that. Also he found my name very amusing but wouldn’t say what it means in Kiswahili so some girls looked it up after class and one of the many meanings of my name in Kiswahili is lesbian sex. I’m changing my name. Then the whole lesson ended with the teacher asking us if we believed in Jesus. Complete silence. We’re Swedes, talking about religion makes us uncomfortable and the thought of a teacher discussing religion is non-existing. He didn’t seem to mind though, just laughed some more.
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