Daring Abroad: Michael Wairungu, Professor of Kiswahili, Northwestern University, USA

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  • @ADB-97
    @ADB-97 5 років тому +56

    Finally I see someone struggling to learn what am perfect in 😂😂😂😂 feels good to be on the other side for once

  • @rachelkamau5341
    @rachelkamau5341 6 років тому +26

    Dr. Michael was my Kiswahili teacher in high school...this is superb......

    • @ChamsMediaTV
      @ChamsMediaTV  6 років тому +1

      Thank you for watching. Keep it here for more episodes

  • @hamisi8
    @hamisi8 6 років тому +36

    africans better stop promoting Europeans culture and start promoting kiswahili

    • @paulines581
      @paulines581 4 роки тому

      Should people negate how blacks in the diaspora have adapted the western languages to their needs, the history, the reasons, sciences (if any) behind this and why?

  • @rivernile6955
    @rivernile6955 4 роки тому +7

    Iam always fascinated ,when I see Kiswahili being expanded to reach other parts of the world ,which is not Africa. Iam from South Sudan. I learnt Kiswahili in Kakuma refugees camp , located in Northern part of
    Kenya,,where almost students didn't speak Kiswahili often. However, I myself loved the language more than other subjects. I could spend a lot of my times studying Kiswahili. When my Kiswahili teachers realised that I have a great interest in the language, they could teach hard if they see me responding positively in the class. Every Kiswahili teacher appeared to be my friend and like me very much. Some started to translate Kiswahili in English and I could copy everything in my note book. The first supportive little book I used to have was a book in which English words were translated in Kiswahili. The first stage I went through before that, was learning vowel letters such as, a,e,i ,o,u which form Kiswahili syllables. After that, I started learning tenses, ' nyakati': wakati uliopo, wakati uliopita, wakati timilifu , wakati ujao na kadhalika. I started it like that till I read Kiswahili books themselves. When I resettled to Australia in 2010, I bought myself some Kiswahili books, which I refers to sometimes so that I can maintain the little I have, because it is not commonly spoken here.

    • @ewm4266
      @ewm4266 4 роки тому +2

      Wow, this is so inspiring, keep up the good work, thank you for sharing your experience

    • @Yrnehucidn
      @Yrnehucidn Рік тому

      Reverseq...i hate it

  • @wangondujohn1666
    @wangondujohn1666 6 років тому +20

    Congratulations Prof Wairungu. You are making us proud

  • @njaidagitari
    @njaidagitari 6 років тому +8

    Amazing job Chamwada, and thanks to Dr. Wairungu, who happens to be a great friend

    • @Chwamwada
      @Chwamwada 6 років тому +1

      Samuel Njai Thanks so much for watching. Keep in touch

  • @namandamzuma5478
    @namandamzuma5478 3 роки тому +1

    I am a native Swahili speaker from Tanzania. I have always dreamt to teach Swahili abroad, but I have never had that lucky chance. If only I got someone to support me to realize my dream, I would be incredibly thankful.

  • @chaka1897
    @chaka1897 4 роки тому +2

    Am a proud Swahili, someone miles away is learning my mother tongue.

  • @shadrackombese3426
    @shadrackombese3426 6 років тому +4

    Am impressed. Good work to Dr.wairungu.Mr. Chamwada your show is my favourite.

    • @ChamsMediaTV
      @ChamsMediaTV  6 років тому +1

      Thank you for watching. Keep it here for more episodes

  • @musakalenjin5778
    @musakalenjin5778 6 років тому +7

    You have taken us soo far Alex

  • @jantehomaco5529
    @jantehomaco5529 5 років тому +5

    Congratulations students u are wise u will make it

  • @donomondi
    @donomondi 6 років тому +3

    Thanks Daktari, you are a legend. Wewe ni shujaa Daktari Wairungu. Thanks Chamwada for the variety of darings.

  • @susandiaz2473
    @susandiaz2473 5 років тому +1

    Congrats prof Wairungu,thanks Chamwanda!

  • @ritagicheru5186
    @ritagicheru5186 5 років тому +3

    Im loving this

  • @jaymutiso2217
    @jaymutiso2217 6 років тому +11

    Was I the only disappointed that he didn't interview a Brother or sister learning swahili !!

    • @connie7192
      @connie7192 5 років тому

      Freedom of choice???? Have you thought about that? You cannot force someone to be interviewed

    • @listenup2882
      @listenup2882 3 роки тому

      @@connie7192 Nonsense. He should have interviewed some Black people. Some Africans are so thrilled to hear white people speak their languages as though it were the greatest compliment in the world.

  • @samwelasowa3157
    @samwelasowa3157 5 років тому +2

    So inspiring.. I love

  • @queencharles4823
    @queencharles4823 5 років тому +15

    Watanzania muamke. Waalimu wa kiswahili mpo!!!!

    • @goodluckmachangu5941
      @goodluckmachangu5941 5 років тому

      Tupo

    • @kijanahodari2080
      @kijanahodari2080 4 роки тому +1

      Mtashangaa wakenya kupata nafasi hizo

    • @calvoh9715
      @calvoh9715 4 роки тому

      haha,watanzania wamelala tu,hamjachangamka kama wakenya.

    • @ewm4266
      @ewm4266 4 роки тому +1

      SMH

    • @ewm4266
      @ewm4266 4 роки тому +2

      @@kijanahodari2080 So they are not supposed to look for work because what, Kiswahili is supposed to be taught by Tanzanians? You guys complain a lot

  • @education20246
    @education20246 6 років тому +6

    good work chamwada

  • @kinigarm8239
    @kinigarm8239 5 років тому +2

    Congrats my fellow teacher. I'm from Tanzania.

    • @solarislawson4152
      @solarislawson4152 5 років тому

      I hope you don't mind me asking, but do you offer lessons? If not, could you recommend any resources that could help me in my Swahili learning journey?

    • @asafubuheri6900
      @asafubuheri6900 4 роки тому +1

      @@solarislawson4152 TUKI Staffs from institute of Swahil research Dar es Salaam University

    • @solarislawson4152
      @solarislawson4152 4 роки тому

      @@asafubuheri6900 thank you!

    • @asafubuheri6900
      @asafubuheri6900 4 роки тому +1

      @@solarislawson4152 or stay for a while in Tanga, Zanzibar, Dar es Salaam (Dar es Salaam University, Swahil institute), Morogoro Juniors Seminary (They teach Swahil, German and English there for foreigners and I attended German class before going to Germany). Mombasa is near to Tanga only 4 hours by bus you can also stay there
      ua-cam.com/video/_Z_LJC52Sxs/v-deo.html

    • @solarislawson4152
      @solarislawson4152 4 роки тому

      @@asafubuheri6900 thank you

  • @annesmith8587
    @annesmith8587 6 років тому +3

    Awesome

  • @davidmithia9335
    @davidmithia9335 5 років тому +2

    Kudos prof Wairungu,and my college mate.never thought kiswahili would take you miles and miles away from Moi university.Do you still do those typings of projects also back there as used to for us......heee....he

  • @calvoh9715
    @calvoh9715 4 роки тому +2

    ok,getting my ticket to mombasa asap,to perfect that kiswahili accent.

  • @Tylee29
    @Tylee29 5 років тому +2

    When foreigners try learning and master Swahili some of us back home we take it for granted! Impressive video, and all the best to Dr. Irungu's students in grasping our beloved language.

  • @tnjogum9149
    @tnjogum9149 6 років тому +6

    Daring indeed my former Moi university alumni

  • @juliegathoni794
    @juliegathoni794 6 років тому +5

    Congrats bro..

  • @TheMOSMAK
    @TheMOSMAK 6 років тому +18

    Na hapa Kenya twaendelea kukidhalilisha Kiswahili.Eti ni cha wasio na kisomo na wasiostaarabika.

    • @susanmuthoni1167
      @susanmuthoni1167 6 років тому +2

      I personaly i love Kiswahili .even during my school days

    • @susanapollo284
      @susanapollo284 5 років тому +2

      They are ignorant

    • @lwm2985
      @lwm2985 5 років тому

      I'll tell you for free. Few opportunities exist thanks to your fluency in Swahili. Journalism, Education and then what? We don't have self sustaining structures in place so that there isn't a need to learn English. We have to learn it so that we can put ourselves in a better position when it comes to doing business and seeking employment. Hata huyu Wairungu ni juu anajua kizungu ndio maana alipata kazi huko. Look more closely. We just have a poor economy all round.

    • @mohdaliabdi7502
      @mohdaliabdi7502 3 роки тому +1

      Basi sisi Tanzania tunakitukuza na ni miongoni mwa Tunu za taifa letu tukufu.

    • @mpendakiswahili3053
      @mpendakiswahili3053 3 роки тому +1

      Upungufu wa akili,ndo naweza sema

  • @soniamuhurihafner7216
    @soniamuhurihafner7216 5 років тому +4

    He should do a youtube channel🤗

  • @Probity100
    @Probity100 5 років тому +15

    So one learns Kiswahili sanifu and travels to Nairobi where sheng is spoken 🥴😎

    • @kijanahodari2080
      @kijanahodari2080 5 років тому +2

      Go to Mombasa so that you can talk good swahili Nairobians mix it with English words

    • @chrismully8387
      @chrismully8387 3 роки тому

      Lmaaoo.... Sheng is creole.. A mixture of swahili and english.. Infact it's easier for them to understand it.. I have a friend from US who told me that he found it way easier to understand sheng.. But si ile ya mbogi genje 😂😅

    • @listenup2882
      @listenup2882 3 роки тому

      @@chrismully8387 It may be easier to understand but it is not Swahili and one would not learn Swahili which was the point in the first place.

  • @abdishukrimohamed2813
    @abdishukrimohamed2813 2 роки тому

    Nashukuru profesa kwa mweledi wako

  • @silvian.4040
    @silvian.4040 4 роки тому

    So happy South Africa and Nigeria are learning Kiswahili. Can't wait for more African countries to join in. I feel awful when a foreigner speaks Kikuyu and I don't. Lazima nijifundishe

  • @halfanijuma7646
    @halfanijuma7646 3 роки тому +1

    Safi sana swahili to the world

  • @harleyngekss8491
    @harleyngekss8491 5 років тому +1

    My high school former swahili teacher, KIRIMARA HIGH SCHOOL, NYERI.

  • @goodluckmachangu5941
    @goodluckmachangu5941 5 років тому

    Hello dear brother Alex. I'm a Tanzanian teacher, a teacher of Kiswahili, can you connect me with Dr Wairungu so that I can get a job there? I'm humble

  • @mpendakiswahili3053
    @mpendakiswahili3053 3 роки тому

    Where are our brothers and sisters learning the mother land language ..

  • @e.crabtree4313
    @e.crabtree4313 5 років тому +1

    Good job, Prof. Wairungu and the students too! The student who visited TZ speaks with a TZ swahili accent; sounds excellent. Keep up the good work.

  • @danieldaniels4744
    @danieldaniels4744 6 років тому +12

    That's why I hate my fellow country man/woman communicating to me in a language that ain't mine........ KISWAHILI KITUKUZWE

  • @eastm.1110
    @eastm.1110 5 років тому +1

    Wow!

  • @desmondsavatia2571
    @desmondsavatia2571 5 років тому

    wow! intresting🙌🏽

  • @kefabosire
    @kefabosire 4 роки тому

    Nice to see Swahili in Diaspora Kudos Alex

  • @mosesmakumbi2428
    @mosesmakumbi2428 5 років тому +4

    Why teach Swahili in the US, instead of African countries? This the language all African countries must adopt in future for communicating between ourselves.

    • @wamothomwangi3876
      @wamothomwangi3876 5 років тому

      Most African countries don't offer Swahili lessons in their learning institutions.

    • @ritagicheru5186
      @ritagicheru5186 5 років тому +3

      Actually being embraced as the Aftican language. South Africa is introducing Swahili in their curriculum from 2020.

    • @emmamartin3315
      @emmamartin3315 4 роки тому +1

      South Africans are learning kiswahili, and Namibia will do it in 2021. And personallys I'm french and I'm learning swahili. Swahili to the world ! Kiswahili chetu ni nguvu yetu ,

  • @sylvesterkarisa665
    @sylvesterkarisa665 5 років тому +1

    Mungu wangu

  • @randomlifebuzz8880
    @randomlifebuzz8880 6 років тому +6

    congrats uncle..

  • @sarahkarongo838
    @sarahkarongo838 6 років тому +4

    Adika Kwa kiswahili. Those students will have a central kenyan accent. Am a victim from part of Spain as a kenyan. Welldone Wairungu. Good work

  • @kijanahodari2080
    @kijanahodari2080 5 років тому +8

    We don't want sheng language that what made nairobians not to speak good swahili that's why people from the coast don't want sheng,munafuata lugha za watu munaacha za kwenu,sahii mtu asiye kuwa wa Mombasa akizungmza Swahili utacheka

    • @ewm4266
      @ewm4266 4 роки тому

      I beg to differ, language tends to evolve over time, You can't wish it away, Sheng is unique to us, its here to stay, Kiswahili chako sio sanifu.

    • @zolongOne
      @zolongOne 3 роки тому

      😂😂 kweli. Mimi ni mtanzania na nimeliona hilo. Watu wa Mombasa wanaongea kiswahili kama Tanzania.

  • @artisthusnatalal3099
    @artisthusnatalal3099 4 роки тому +3

    *I'm waiting for former President Obama to speak fluent Swahili!*

  • @Mr.George.N
    @Mr.George.N 5 років тому

    Wow

  • @joycendyamukama2520
    @joycendyamukama2520 4 роки тому

    Very good teacher wairungu,you're trying hard but I can hear some wrong pronunciation,I am a Tanzanian I wish you may work on it.

  • @lizkimani9576
    @lizkimani9576 6 років тому +14

    Funny...a kyuk...teaching Swahili...lovely....woi and the shrubs keep coming...lol

    • @RB3565
      @RB3565 5 років тому

      Kenyans of ALL walks of life whether Jaluo, Maasai, Nandi, Kikuyu, Kisii have MURDERED BOTH KISWAHILI AND ENGLISH thus we do need to reveiw the status of these two different languages in the nation.
      The travesty is that these students have a better command of Kiswahili than the average Kenyan.

    • @mosesmakumbi2428
      @mosesmakumbi2428 5 років тому

      @@fidelarthur9656 not necessary, it's not their mother tongue.

    • @bernadetter7438
      @bernadetter7438 5 років тому

      Swahili is a bantu language

    • @susanapollo284
      @susanapollo284 5 років тому

      What shrubs. Being multilingual is the most important thing not looking your accent.

    • @susanapollo284
      @susanapollo284 5 років тому

      Fidel Arthur Tgey are just foolish and ignorant

  • @bantuvoicemuchaikinuthia2536
    @bantuvoicemuchaikinuthia2536 6 років тому +5

    Wait. He said vitaMbu...😂😂😂😂 ata Mimi ni profesa..1:29

  • @bobwanjala1401
    @bobwanjala1401 4 роки тому

    Kiswahili kitukuzwe. Ninyi waafrika someni kiswahili kwa dhati. Kiswahili kinalipa. Habari kutoka New York, Merikani.

  • @AsiaMkusa
    @AsiaMkusa 4 роки тому +1

    +255 the home of swahili language, Tanzania ndio nyumbani mwa kiswahili,na ndiko inakozungumzwa zaidi kuliko kokote dunia

  • @afripolseries4028
    @afripolseries4028 5 років тому +1

    wow, " Good job though hapo kidogo nimesikia vitambu". .

    • @kithinga
      @kithinga 5 років тому +1

      😂😂 i think kuna wameru uko..

  • @lunamud3143
    @lunamud3143 5 років тому +1

    Is there any one wants to learn Somali Language?

    • @carolinesergon347
      @carolinesergon347 5 років тому +1

      Am sure there are. Are you based in the US?

    • @lunamud3143
      @lunamud3143 5 років тому

      @@carolinesergon347 waryaa kuma hadashid miyaa afkaaga hooyo. Maxaa dhacay hooyo kuu bari weydey.

    • @carolinesergon347
      @carolinesergon347 5 років тому

      @@lunamud3143 am not Somali. Please translate for me, thx. Am not sure what u just said .

    • @lunamud3143
      @lunamud3143 5 років тому

      @@carolinesergon347 Tell me the reason why you want learn for Somali Languege? Are you an American or Somali American
      For me I am not in the States Now.
      Here is the link. Good luck
      www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=O4gcXdTFOsyTsAeDrYyQCA&q=english+somali+dictionary&oq=english+somali&gs_l=mobile-gws-wiz-hp.1.1.0l8.48368.60797..97749...0.0..0.1351.6963.2-7j1j1j2j1j2......0....1.......8..41j0i131j46j46i131.WpFzUGcNRHg

    • @lunamud3143
      @lunamud3143 5 років тому

      @@carolinesergon347 How is your Somali language learning. Answer my questions I asked.

  • @petern519
    @petern519 5 років тому +6

    I admire your work sir but am also ashamed of our kids in Kenya and living abroad who can't speak their mother tongue. We even heard parent's been funny with their kid's for speaking mother lingo. We need to eliminate our way of thinking and keep to our traditions that's the only way to even eradicate mental slavery. Why do we have so many churches in Kenya instead of schools?

    • @tabbiemwas7478
      @tabbiemwas7478 4 роки тому

      Churches and schools are different institutions

  • @GUSCi-BDE
    @GUSCi-BDE 4 роки тому

    cant wait for a day when an American will rap mixing English and Swahili

  • @asafubuheri6900
    @asafubuheri6900 4 роки тому

    Kiswahili(the language itself and has no plural) vs viswahili(street swahil language). Welcome in Tanzania

  • @alternaterealism1495
    @alternaterealism1495 3 роки тому

    Daima mimi mkenya, mwananchi mzalendo!

  • @jackmahero96
    @jackmahero96 3 роки тому

    The problem with we Kenyans is that we complicate it... we should style up and stick to Kiswahili the real. Imagine unajifunza Kiswahili chako mufti kisha unakutana na Mnairobi fulani na huwezi kuelewa ata sentensi moja. Sheng in Kenya's killing the good Swahili, am afraid.

  • @Shangazwa
    @Shangazwa 2 роки тому

    Swahili originated in Tanzanian coast and spread on northern region of Tanzania 🇹🇿 to Mombasa (Kenya 🇰🇪) and southern region of Tanzania to Mozambique 🇲🇿 by business men and traders... Later it went and spread to every neighbor of Tanzania, thus every neighbor from Kenya 🇰🇪, Uganda 🇺🇬, Rwanda 🇷🇼, Burundi 🇧🇮, Eastern Congo 🇨🇩, northern Zambia 🇿🇲, northern Malawi 🇲🇼, Mozambique 🇲🇿, and Comoro island can all speak Swahili... But Kenya's neighbors Ethiopia 🇪🇹, South Sudan 🇸🇸, Somalia 🇸🇴 can't speak Swahili because Kenyans didn't create or spread Swahili words to other neighbors... Also after gaining independence, Tanzania 🇹🇿 immediately officialized Swahili as a national and official language of the nation while Kenya 🇰🇪 after gaining independence officialized English as their national and official language, but later Kenya 🇰🇪 added Swahili as their national language but not official language.
    Swahili is spoken fluently in Tanzania 🇹🇿 than any African country, Kenya use Swahili as their second language after English, while the rest countries use Swahili as their third language

  • @wanelly
    @wanelly 5 років тому +5

    Nyinyi... hakuna kusengenya mzungu na swahili tena

  • @nicolastituas7059
    @nicolastituas7059 5 років тому +1

    Kenya kiswahili sio rugha yenu yataifa uwongo

    • @asafubuheri6900
      @asafubuheri6900 4 роки тому

      Lugha*

    • @eyanlenjorin4566
      @eyanlenjorin4566 3 роки тому +2

      Ahaa! Ni sawa ni yenu,wewe lala tu.

    • @mansakankan3009
      @mansakankan3009 3 роки тому

      Jamani wenzetu VP?kiswahili ni lugha ya Taifa kwa jirani zetu?

    • @somina4003
      @somina4003 3 роки тому

      @@mansakankan3009 Mbona watanzania wana wivu, saa yote 'Kiswahili ni Lugha yetu'. Kiswahili ni lugha ya Kibantu. Tebu muache kujiaibisha bure

  • @mightybobbyofficial
    @mightybobbyofficial 3 роки тому +1

    😅😅mnanimaliza.

  • @jndnderitu6167
    @jndnderitu6167 2 роки тому

    Kenyatta high school product

  • @patrickKitambo
    @patrickKitambo 4 роки тому

    kiswahili ni cha watanzania

  • @davidlubanga5527
    @davidlubanga5527 5 років тому

    vitambu?

    • @asafubuheri6900
      @asafubuheri6900 4 роки тому

      How shame teaching badly swahil. vitambu(not exiting in Swahil context) ≠Vitabu(books). Congratulations chinese. Mombasa(Kenya) , Tanzanian(mainland and Zanzibar) swahil is nice
      ua-cam.com/video/_Z_LJC52Sxs/v-deo.html

    • @karyori69
      @karyori69 4 роки тому

      Ni kiamsha kinywa ama kifungua kinywa?

    • @asafubuheri6900
      @asafubuheri6900 4 роки тому

      @@karyori69 kifungua kinywa (Mombasa Zanzibar na Tanzania bara-Tanzania Mainland)

  • @danhagenimana8626
    @danhagenimana8626 3 роки тому

    acha wasome lugha yetu nao wapambane vile nasi tunapambana na lugha zao

  • @amossamuel1796
    @amossamuel1796 3 роки тому

    But i think the only part of kenyan the speak good swahili is Mombasa

  • @abbyadams8691
    @abbyadams8691 3 роки тому

    Anayefundisha mwenyewe hawezi tamka kitabu anasema" Kitambu" Wakenya wajanja wajanja sana. Kifungua kinywa imekuwa "kiamsha kinywa" 🙄🙄

    • @somina4003
      @somina4003 3 роки тому

      Kwenda huko. Acha wivu. Sijaona mtanzania yeyote akifunza Kiswahili ulaya ni Wakenya tu! Wakenya ni werevu na wanajua Kazi. Nyie bado mnajivuta

  • @kassimabdilatif1802
    @kassimabdilatif1802 7 місяців тому

    Sisi waswahili hatutamki 'adhari ' ni 'athari'.

  • @chrismully8387
    @chrismully8387 3 роки тому

    Unasoma kiswahili USA... Unafika kenya unaambiwa Monjokaa 😂😂😂😅😅.. But why.. Mbogi Genje

  • @cyantess8423
    @cyantess8423 Рік тому

    muhahe ya swahili sitaongea ju yao nikifika kule jamani 🤣

  • @jeffsitati
    @jeffsitati Рік тому

    😂😂

  • @joanmuhoro5851
    @joanmuhoro5851 6 років тому +1

    A bit shocked to hear grown adults learning stuff that, in Kenya, is taught in primary school. If he were based in Kenya, Dr. Wairungu would be teaching Std.3 pupils...

    • @EstherNdutaSOUL
      @EstherNdutaSOUL 5 років тому

      Teaching methods can be used at any age. Adult education uses the same approaches.