Comments on: When I grow up I want to be a Kano Donkey

By: Kamau Mutunga

Kamau Mutunga — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 18:18:02 +0000

Hi Kui,

I am a writer with the Nation Media Group and we are doing a story on Kenyan blogs.

Kindly answer for me the following questions:

1. Why do people run blogs?

2. Why is the fad catching on in Kenya now?

3. What determines the topics you write sbout?

4. Kindly describe yourself

5. Anything else I have not asked you…

By: Uaridi

Uaridi — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 17:50:21 +0000

For some reason, I never thought Hausa had Arabic influence. It sounded so strange to me – “Sanu lafia” (However it is spelt) was just about what I could manage.

Have fun and come dazzle us with strange new words.

By: Wambui

Wambui — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 17:13:28 +0000

LOL! Brilliant. I actually want to come back as the braying beast that is exploited it seems in every country in the world except TZ! Here, they live on the sides of the road, eating and sleeping and doing WTF they like on any given day. They rule the roads too! Will not move unless you ask nicely and look at you as if to say “hit me – I dare you! And we shall see who suffers the most damage!”So yes, I am willing to bray any time – well in my next life anyway…

By: Quintessential

Quintessential — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 15:08:03 +0000

hey doll…you’re well on your way to donkeydom…after looking at the few words you’ve shared I might be compelled to join you…

By: Uwe

Uwe — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 07:36:49 +0000

Udi, you are right: The similarities are due to the Arabic influence. You will find this influence in many domains of the language, e.g. numbers, religion, politics, etc.

Sergio Baldi from Naples has written a book about this:

A First Ethnolinguistic Comparison of Arabic Loanwords Common to Hausa and Swahili

Best wishes,

Uwe

By: udi

udi — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 00:50:58 +0000

Mama J, Whats happening, whats happening. Question for you. Is the similarity in words due to the Arabic influence in both languages?

By: Mich

Mich — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 23:05:09 +0000

Good to see you blogging again babes. Keep the Naija updates coming….

By: mshairi

mshairi — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 22:25:23 +0000

whoah, JKE, you are fast!

In a previous life, I was known as Gambiya Amina and then I would say to you:

Ina wuni?

Although I never did become a Kano donkey. Damn!

By: JKE

JKE — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 22:16:05 +0000

kamar = kama?

By: JKE

JKE — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 22:13:04 +0000

Hehe….so now you know my passion for Kiuk!