Saturday, November 17, 2007

Tanzanian Conversation, in short

News?
Good.
Problems?
Cool.
Things?
Clean.

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Habari?
Nzuri.
Mambo.
Poa.
Vipi?
Safi.

I don't know if I've emphasized this before, but greetings are the basis of Tanzanian culture. You greet everyone, on the street, on a hiking trail, in the village, in a restaurant. Sometimes you go so far as to asking how is the family, how is the work...even when you've never seen them before, and may never see them again.

Strangers are going to think I'm really weird when I get back...

3 comments:

Kristin said...

yeah devon, people will just think you're too nice here in america. i mean asking someone how they are even if you don't know them, who does that? (and I'm totally serious, lol)

Grad ACDE said...
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Grad ACDE said...

guess where i'll be for christmas?

yes. sd. now, the snag in my plan will come if you live on the complete opposite side of the county than my aunt's house. fun.

i miss you much!