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What does the Swahili question word wapi mean?

Wapi means where.

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  1. When?
  2. Where? ✔
  3. Who?

Why: Wapi is the question word for places. It usually comes at the end, as in Choo kiko wapi? (Where is the toilet?).

Huh, didn't know that: Lini means when, so do not mix up wapi and lini.

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I asked wapi my map was. It was in the last place I looked, of course.
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Answer: Where?. Wapi is the question word for places. It usually comes at the end, as in Choo kiko wapi? (Where is the toilet?).

  1. University of Kansas Kiswahili, Lesson 32 kiswahili.ku.edu/sites/kiswahili/files/documents/lessons/lesson_32.pdf
    wapi [where]
    Checked 2026-10-12.
  2. University of Kansas Kiswahili, Lesson 32 kiswahili.ku.edu/sites/kiswahili/files/documents/lessons/lesson_32.pdf
    lini [when]
    Checked 2026-10-12.
  3. University of Kansas Kiswahili, Lesson 4 kiswahili.ku.edu/sites/kiswahili/files/documents/lessons/lesson_04.pdf
    Nani? [Who?/What is his/her name?]
    Checked 2026-10-12.
  4. University of Kansas Kiswahili, Lesson 12 kiswahili.ku.edu/sites/kiswahili/files/documents/lessons/lesson_12.pdf
    Kwa nini? [Why?]
    Checked 2026-10-12.

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