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Your whole safari crew helped you. Which word thanks all of them at once?

Asanteni, thank you (all).

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  1. Kwaherini
  2. Asanteni ✔
  3. Karibuni

Why: Asanteni thanks a group. Kwaherini says goodbye to a group, and karibuni welcomes a group.

Huh, didn't know that: The same -ni ending gives kwaherini, goodbye to everyone.

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I thanked the whole tour bus with asanteni. The driver asked for his own asante, so I gave him two.
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References

Answer: Asanteni. Asanteni thanks a group. Kwaherini says goodbye to a group, and karibuni welcomes a group.

  1. University of Wisconsin-Madison LCTL Resources: Swahili Greetings wisc.pb.unizin.org/lctlresources/chapter/swahili-greetings
    To thank more than one person you say asanteni
    Checked 2026-10-12.
  2. Northwestern University, Elementary Swahili: Greetings nulib-oer.github.io/swahili/topics/greetings
    Kwaherini Goodbye all Asanteni Thank you all
    Checked 2026-10-12.

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