Friday, July 8, 2011

Worth my weight in beer nuts

Here is a conversation that I had at work last week. It totally made my day and made me miss Tanzania.

me: (Walking into room where a known Swahili speaker is waiting) Karibu! Habari z'asubuhi?
mama: Nzuri. Habari?
me: Nzuri sana. Pole mama.
mama: Asante.
me: Mimi ni daktari. Jina langu ni Rebecca. Na wewe?
mama: (states name)
me: Mtoto nzuri sana. Aya shida leo?
mama: (now thinking that I understand Swahili) aasfd l j;kae roifs soja ;jokvz mlksd l mvsz ldljfoiku sl;kkjafpokaf ;l a al;adf l jreojfc;lkj fe;o f oijfa hlksedl jkfa ;lj f fljfewoijeopmjn
me: (turning to the physician whose patient it was) you're going to need the interpreter phone.

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