Patience in Swahili
Here are two main ways of saying patience in Swahili:
1. Subira: This is the most common translation of patience in Swahili.
Subira is pronounced as: soo-BEE-rah
2. Uvumilivu: Another translation of patience in Swahili.
Uvumilivu is pronounced as: oo-voo-mee-LEE-voo
Other words related to patience in Swahili are:
- Saburi
- Stahamala
- Ustahamilivu
Patience definition in English
The ability to accept delay, suffering, or annoyance without complaining or becoming angry.
Synonyms of patience
- forbearance
- tolerance
- restraint
- self-restraint
- resignation
- stoicism
- fortitude
- sufferance
- endurance
- calmness
- composure
- even temper
- even-temperedness
- equanimity
- equilibrium
- serenity
- tranquillity
- imperturbability
- unexcitability
- understanding
- indulgence
- lenience
- kindness
- consideration
- longanimity
- inexcitability
- perseverance
- persistence
- tenacity
- diligence
- assiduity
- application
- staying power
- indefatigability
- doggedness
- determination
- resolve
- resolution
- resoluteness
- obstinacy
- insistence
- singleness of purpose
- purposefulness
- pertinacity
Examples of patience in Swahili sentences
- (Subira/Uvumilivu ndio unahitaji.) What you need is patience.
- (Kufundisha kunahitaji subira nyingi.) Teaching demands a lot of patience.
- (Lazima uwe na subira nyingi ili ujifunze lugha za kigeni.) You must have a lot of patience to learn foreign languages.
- (Kukuza lugha ya kigeni kunahitaji subira.) Mastering a foreign language calls for patience.
- (Kujua vizuri lugha ya kigeni kunahusisha subira nyingi.) Mastering a foreign language involves a lot of patience.
- (Kujifunza Kiswahili kunahitaji subira.) Learning Swahili requires patience.
- (Subira yetu iko katika hali ile ile kama jana.) Our patience is in much the same condition as yesterday.
- (Kwa uvumilivu kidogo zaidi, angeshindwa.) With a little more patience, she would have succeeded.
- (Ungeweza kutatua fumbo hili kwa subira kidogo zaidi.) You could have solved this puzzle with a little more patience.
- (Uwe na subira kwa siku nyingine.) Have patience for another day.
- (Kwa subira kidogo zaidi, unaweza kufanikiwa.) With a little more patience, you could succeed.
- (Kazi hii inahitaji subira nyingi.) This kind of work requires a lot of patience.
- (Asante kwa uvumilivu wako.) Thank you for your patience.
- (Unajua nini kuhusu subira?) What know you of patience?
- (Uwe na subira kidogo na unachofanya.) Have a little patience with what you’re doing.
- (Watoto wakati mwingine hukosa stahamala.) Children sometimes lack patience.
- (Subira yangu ilikwisha.) My patience gave out.
- (Ustahamilivu ndiyo muhimu.) It’s patience that counts.
- (Subira inashinda mwishowe.) Patience wins out in the end.
