Casual
Formal
General
100

Mambo?

Poa/safi

100

How to say hello in Swahili

Hujambo/Hamjambo?

100

Habari?

Nzuri/salama/njema

200

Vipi?

Poa/safi

200

The response to "Hujambo?"

Sijambo

200

Habari zenu?

Nzuri/salama/njema

300

Mambo vipi?

 Poa/safi

300

The response to "Hamjambo?"

Hatujambo

300

Habari za mwaka mpya?

Nzuri/salama/njema

400

The meaning of "safi"

Clean/Cool/Great

400

The meaning of "salama"

Fine/peaceful

400

2 ways of greeting among peers 

Mambo?/Mambo vipi?/ Vipi?

500

The meaning of "poa"

Cool

500

The meaning of "nzuri"

Good/fine

500

One way you would greet your boss

Hujambo?/Habari?

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