Comments on: Saying Sorry – The Kenyan Way…

By: mentalacrobatics

mentalacrobatics — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 16:00:53 +0000

manze i’ve been trying to explain this to people for years. i might just print out this post and stick it above my bed …

By: Kenyan Pundit

Kenyan Pundit — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 14:16:03 +0000

Great post!

By: bee

bee — Sat, 15 Jan 2005 21:46:39 +0000

Ai pole Kui, question how do you say sory in Kikuyu? “Thore?”

By: Â§anaa

Â§anaa — Sat, 15 Jan 2005 13:23:20 +0000

Most people overuse the word pole..in the sense that when you want to sound re-assuring or like your listening ..you say pole..well i hate it when am telling someone something bad i went thru and they be like”pole” the whole time..it kind of sounds mocking..If someone is telling me something i prefer to nod or simply say hmm (not loudly!) i only say pole when i really mean it..pole has a way of making you feel like the other person is dismissing you..or asking you to summarise your whinings..so for the sake of not being misunderstood..i say hmm..and a quick pole and proceed to re-assure something while leaving out the two commonly /wrongly used/over used phrases “pole” and “i understand”

By: Marc

Marc — Wed, 12 Jan 2005 06:46:56 +0000

There’s also the one of “dude, you’re on your own”

p1: Si we agreed no one would tell the cops anything?
p2: Pole. Things change

By: Ted

Ted — Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:40:04 +0000

I love this… I just got a free Kiswahili lesson!! You know a brutha is trying to learn… so this actually helped

Kui Says: Woi pole Ted… I should have warned you that the Kiswahili used here is not 100% correct…

By: kaki

kaki — Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:09:30 +0000

Pole!!!
*added my own meaning as in THANK YOU!!! For explaining what I have tried for years!!!

By: Mshairi

Mshairi — Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:39:43 +0000

Btw: I also use ‘pole’ in a sarky kind of way as in ‘pole sana, if you thought I was as stupid as that’