Definition of curiosity in English

Curiousity means:

• A strong desire to know or learn something.
• An unusual or interesting object or fact.

Curiousity in Swahili

Curiousity in Swahili is translated as: -dadisi (kama vile, udadisi, mdadisi na wadadisi)

Examples of curiosity in Swahili in sentences

• Wewe ni mdadisi sana, sivyo? (You are really full of curiosity, aren’t you?)
• Mtoto alikuwa mdadisi sana. (The child was full of curiosity.)
• Nilikwenda huko kwa udadisi. (I went there out of curiosity.)
• Nilikuuliza swali hilo kwa udadisi tu. (I only asked you the question out of curiosity.)
• Nilikuwa mdadisi sana kuhusu historia yake. (I was full of curiosity about her past.)
• Ni muhimu kuwa na udadisi wa kiakili. (It is important to have intellectual curiosity.)
• Udadisi wake haukuwa na mipaka. (His curiosity knew no bounds.)
• Amekuwa na udadisi mkubwa kuhusu dunia kila wakati. (He has always had a great curiosity about the world.)
• Yeye ni udadisi mtupu. (He is all curiosity.)
• Udadisi wake ulimhimiza kuuliza maswali. (His curiosity prompted him to ask questions.)
• Alifanya hivyo kwa udadisi tu. (He did it simply out of curiosity.)
• Udadisi wao ulivutia. (Their curiosity was aroused.)
• Alifanya hivyo kwa udadisi. (She did so out of curiosity.)
• Watangulizi wangu walikuwa wameuliza maswali yao kuhusu asili kwa udadisi wa dhati na kungoja jibu lake. (My predecessors had asked their questions of nature with genuine curiosity and awaited her reply.)
• Udadisi mwema ni jambo zuri kweli. (A healthy curiosity is truly a fine thing.)
• Udadisi si chochote zaidi ya ubatili. (Curiosity is nothing more than vanity.)
• Hisia ya kwanza na rahisi kabisa ambayo tunagundua katika akili ya binadamu ni udadisi. (The first and the simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind is Curiosity.)
• Kumbuka, udadisi ulimwua paka. (Remember, curiosity killed the cat.) [Proverb adapted to Swahili context]
• Udadisi ulimwua paka, lakini kuridhika kulimfufua tena. (Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back to life.) [Proverb adapted to Swahili context]
• Naomba tu kwa udadisi. (I only ask out of curiosity.)
• Nilifanya hivyo kwa udadisi. (I did it out of curiosity.)
• Kwa udadisi tu, unatarajia nini kutokea? (Just out of curiosity, what do you expect to happen?)
• Alifanya hivyo kwa udadisi. (He did it out of curiosity.)
• Alifanya hivyo kwa udadisi. (She did it out of curiosity.)
• Kila anachokiona humfanya kuwa mdadisi. (Everything he sees arouses his curiosity.)
• Kwa udadisi tu, utafanya nini? (Just out of curiosity, what are you going to do?)
• Kwa udadisi tu, ulifikiri nini kitatokea? (Just out of curiosity, what did you think would happen?)
• Kwa udadisi tu, ungeweza kufanya nini? (Just out of curiosity, what would you do?)
• Hatimaye, udadisi wa Tim ulizidi hofu yake. (Eventually, Tim’s curiosity overcame his fear.)
• Hatimaye, udadisi wangu ulizidi hofu yangu. (Eventually, my curiosity overcame my fear.)
• Kwa udadisi tu, ulikuwa na furaha kweli? (Just out of curiosity, did you really have any fun?)
• Kwa kutaka kujua, ulitakiwa kweli kufanya hivyo? (Just out of curiosity, did you really have to do that?)