Interest definition in English

The main definitions of interest in English are:

• The feeling of wanting to know or learn about something or someone.
• Money paid regularly at a particular rate for the use of money lent, or for delaying the repayment of a debt.

Interest in Swahili

The translation oof interest in Swahili depends on the above definitions:

• Interest (wanting to know more) in Swahili is translated as: mvuto, hamu, uchu, ari, shauku, utashi ,kutaka kujua, kuonyesha kupendezwa etc.
• Interest (money for loan) in Swahili is translated as: riba or hisa.

Example of interest in Swahili in sentences

• Benki hututumia pesa kwa riba. (A bank lends us money at interest.)
• Benki hutoza riba kubwa zaidi kwa wateja hatari. (Banks charge higher interest on loans to risky customers.)
• Mikopo ya benki inaongezeka kwa sababu ya viwango vya riba vya chini. (Bank lending is rising because of lower interest rates.)
• Viwango vya hisa vitaongezeka kutokana na ukali wa fedha. (Interest rates will rise due to monetary tightening.)
• Tom alionyesha shauku katika mpango huo. (Tom showed interest in the plan.)
• Mkopo unatoza riba ya asilimia 8. (The loan bears an 8% interest.)
• Mkopo unatoza riba ya asilimia 5.5. (The loan carries 5.5% interest.)
• Je, una hamu na michezo? (Do you have any interest in sports?)
• Amana hii inatoza asilimia tatu ya riba. (This deposit bears three percent interest.)
• Mkopo huu utakuwa na riba nzito sana. (This loan will carry very heavy interest.)
• Hakuna kitu cha kupendeza kwangu. (There is nothing special interest to me.)
• Jambo hilo linagusa maslahi yako. (The matter touches your interest.)
• Ni sehemu gani za mvuto hapa? (What are the points of interest here?)
• Hii ndiyo sababu hasa ambayo sina hamu na sanaa. (This is the very reason why I take no interest in art.)
• Mjomba wangu ana ari kubwa ya sanaa. (My uncle has a deep interest in art.)
• Sina uchu na watu wa kawaida. (I have no interest in ordinary people.)
• Nimepoteza pesa za awali na riba pia. (I have lost both principal and interest.)
• Yuko katika maslahi yako kwenda. (It’s in your interest to go.)
• Tulukopa pesa kwa riba kubwa. (We borrowed money at high interest.)
• Ikiwa wanafunzi wa leo wangekuwa na muda mwingi wa bure, wangeweza kuonyesha shauku zaidi katika siasa. (If students today had more free time, they might show more interest in politics.)
• Lazima uchukue shauku katika matukio ya sasa. (You must take an interest in current events.)
• Lazima tuzingatie maslahi ya umma daima. (We must always consider the public interest.)
• Sote tuna shauku na historia. (All of us have some interest in history.)
• Mwanangu alionyesha shauku ya mapema katika siasa. (My son took an early interest in politics.)