Chonde chonde waandishi wa habari

[Freetown]

Najua ni jinsi gani Jamiiforums ilivyoweza na inavyoendelea kurekebisha mambo mengi yanayohusu maendeleo ya nchi yetu.

Naomba tusaidiane kuwambia waandishi wa habari kutochanganya kiswahili na kingereza hasa kwenye magazeti ambayo yanasomwa na wengi ikiwa pamoja na wasiojua kiswahili. Neno wananchi limekuwa likitumika sana kwenye magazeti ya kiingereza hasa Daily News.
Angalia habari hapo chini na mtoe maoni. Najua waandishi wa habari wapo wengi tu humu ndani.


Two held in Mbeya for murdering a police officer
JONAS MWASUMBI in Mbeya
Daily News; Sunday, October 26, 2008, @00:
Police here are holding two Nyalwela villagers in Mbeya District for allegedly hacking to death a police corporal, Renatus John (50) who was on duty at the Katavi National Park in Makete District, Iringa Region last Tuesday
Mbeya Regional Police Commander, Mr Zelothe Stephen said yesterday that the two villagers Nyamba Ndosi and Petrol Ndefeti, aged 19 and 20 years old respectively, were arrested the same day, following an intensive manhunt mounted by police in collaboration with wananchi.

During the manhunt, the suspects were found in possession of a sub-machine gun previously used by the allegedly killed policeman. Mr Stephen said the late John who was a driver was on that material day on duty together with the Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA) game scouts who during the killing had gone inside the national park to arrest pastoralists whose cattle and other livestock were grazing in the national park.

He said after arresting the pastoralists, the TANAPA game scouts could no longer reach the police driver through his cellular phone. The deceased was later found hacked to death by sharp objects and the SMG he had been having was missing. The village government and the police in concert immediately launched a manhunt for the suspects.

Mr Stephen said it was during the search that the two men were arrested while in possession of the SMG property of TANAPA. The two were also found with 28 rounds of ammunition and a handset that was said to belong to the deceased. The suspects would soon appear before the court to answer murder charges, Mr Stephen said.

 

[Mpita Njia]

Nadhani wanalitumia neno hili wakiamini kuwqa wasomaji wao wengi wnaielewa maana yake

 

[Ladslaus Modest]

neno wananchi / mwananchi liendelee kutumika kwenye magazeti ya kimombo maana wengi wetu ni wa-swa-nglishi.

Chonde chonde waandishi wa habari

 

[kkiwango]

What is wrong wakichanganya? is it an international news paper or local? mi naona ni sawa tu endapo walengwa wa habari wanaelewa.

 

[Mbalamwezi]

Kuna Kiingereza cha East Africa chenye maneno kama hayo, mfano Safari, Shamba, na sasa Wananchi. Ni lugha au tabia ya kawaida.

 

[Pascal Mayalla]

Huo ni msisitizo kama alivyoitwa Mwalimu Nyerere, hakuwahi kuitwa Teacher Nyerere. Yapo maneno mengi ya kiswahili yanatumika hivyo hivyo kwenye Kiingereza kama Mzee, Alhaji, Mkukuta, Mkumbita, Mkurabita etc. Pia yapo maneno mengi ya kiingereza yanatumika hivyo hivyo kwenye kiswahili kama propaganda, sekretarieti , milenia, etc.

 

[Dark City]

Hilo sina tatizo nalo kwa sababu lugha nyingine nyingi tu zinatumia maneno ya lugha nyingine pale mtumiaji anapotaka kuweka msisitizo au kwa kuwa hadhira yake imezoea kutumia maneno hayo. Mfano yako maneno mengi sana ya kiratini kwenye kiingereza na hakuna tatizo hapo.

Shida yangu kubwa ni pale ambapo mtumiaji (hata humu kwenye JF) anaamua kuchanganya lugha kijinga jinga. Mfano, mtu anaandika ua kuongea maneno 4 ya kiswahili, 2 kiingereza, 1 kifaransa, 3 kiratini n.k. Sasa hapo ndipo inapoonekana mtumiaji hajui hata lugha yoyote kati ya hizo. Anaongea tu kila neno linalokuja kichwani mwake! Ni uzumbukuku tu,...... na viongozi wetu wakiwamo wabunge ni wahanga wakubwa wa hili tatizo.

 

[LazyDog]

Hilo sina tatizo nalo kwa sababu lugha nyingine nyingi tu zinatumia maneno ya lugha nyingine pale mtumiaji anapotaka kuweka msisitizo au kwa kuwa hadhira yake imezoea kutumia maneno hayo. Mfano yako maneno mengi sana ya kiratini kwenye kiingereza na hakuna tatizo hapo.

Shida yangu kubwa ni pale ambapo mtumiaji (hata humu kwenye JF) anaamua kuchanganya lugha kijinga jinga. Mfano, mtu anaandika ua kuongea maneno 4 ya kiswahili, 2 kiingereza, 1 kifaransa, 3 kiratini n.k. Sasa hapo ndipo inapoonekana mtumiaji hajui hata lugha yoyote kati ya hizo. Anaongea tu kila neno linalokuja kichwani mwake! Ni uzumbukuku tu,...... na viongozi wetu wakiwamo wabunge ni wahanga wakubwa wa hili tatizo.

I do that most of the time; Ila si kwa makusudi. Call me whatever you want, that is OK 🙂
Naamini wataalamu wa lugha wanaweza kulitolea maelezo suala hili kueleza nini kinapelekea mtu kuchanganya lugha.

Hata hivyo, huwa navutiwa sana pale watu wanapotumia maneno ya kiswahili kwa ufasaha hasa yale ambayo nimesahau kabisa kwamba yapo.

Kuna misamiati ya kiswahili ambayo naifahamu lakini haipo kwenye kumbukumbu niweze kuitumia kwa haraka.
Mfano: chutama, kwayo, akisi, bobea, zuzu, asilani....

Originally Posted by John Mnyika

Mosi, sipendezwi na neno ‘upinzani' maana lina maana nyingi na wengine hulichukulia tofauti. Mimi napenda zaidi kutumia vyama mbadala. Na wachache hutumia neno vyama vya ushindani. Jina lina mantiki sana katika kutanabahisha dhima. Wengine jina upinzani wanalichukulia ni kupinga tuuu!!!! Nitatumia neno ‘mbadala'.

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[Pundit]

The only justification of using the word "wananchi" should be derived from the English language not having a sufficiently equivalent word.In essence the journalists are rejecting the usage of "the people" as inaccurate, whether from a sentimentality point of view or purely a semantic / etimology or political science.

An example is the use of the word "safari" in English, the world over the word "safari" is used in English because it is agreed that there is no single word that is as desriptive in the context of a game hunting expedition.

Although I disagree with the use of wananchi in such a context, as "the people" can adequately do, I feel journalists feel especially accurate when using "wananchi" just as they do when using "bunge" instead of parliament and "Ikulu" instead of state house.

This is why the Israeli parliament is refered as the Knesset, the Russian one the Duma etc.The use of these specifically descriptive words carry a special characteristic that is only present in the context of the country in question, like the Israeli Knesset has some distictly Israeli characteristics just as the Russian Duma has some distinctly Russian characteristics, the Tanzanian People, "wananchi", have some distinctly Tanzanian characteristics that the word "the people" would not do justice in describing just as the word parliament would not do justice to accurately describe some inherrently Russian characteristics of the Duma ditto to Knesset and Bunge.

 

[Yo Yo]

The only justification of using the word "wananchi" should be derived from the English language not having a sufficiently equivalent word.In essence the journalist are rejecting the usage of "the people" as inaccurate, whether from a sentimentality point of view or purely a semantic / etimology or political science.

An example is the use of the word "safari" in English, the word over the word "safari" is used in English because it is agreed that there is no single word that is as desriptive in the context of a game hunting expedition.

Although I disagree with the use of wananchi in such a context, as "the people" can adequately do, I feel journalist feel especially accurate when using "wananchi" just as they do when using "bunge" instead of parliament and "Ikulu" instead of state house.

This is why the Israeli parliament is refered as the Knesset, the Russian one the Duma etc.The use of these specifically descriptive words carry a special characteristic that is only present in the context of the country in question, like the Israeli Knesset has some distictly Israeli characteristics just as the Russian Duma has some distinctly Russian characteristics, the Tanzanian People, "wananchi", have some distinctly Tanzanian characteristics that the word "the people" would not do justice in describing just as the word parliament would not do justice to accurately describe some inherrently Russian characteristics of the Duma ditto to Knesset.

Ila mkuu sio siri unaandikaga kingereza kigumu sana mpaka maana inapotea jaribu kuandika lugha rahisi ili ujumbe ufike.

 

[Pundit]

Ila mkuu sio siri unaandikaga kingereza kigumu sana mpaka maana inapotea jaribu kuandika lugha rahisi ili ujumbe ufike.

Mkuu mbona cha kujifunzia ukubwani tu hiki? Kuna hadhira fulani ya kimataifa inafuatilia pia, kwa faida yake naandika lugha inayoifurahia. Isitoshe nimeambiwa hata kiswahili naandika kigumu pia, ni suala la msomaji.Nitajaribu kunyumbulisha kirahisi chini hapa.

Kwa kifupi nimeunga mkono wakuu waliosema kuwa swala zima la lugha kutohoa maneno kutoka lugha nyingine si geni, ikiwa ni kwa sababu hamna neno linalofaa kutoka lugha tohoaji au kwa sababu ya ulimbwende na mikogo tu.Ukitazama historia ya lugha zote za Ulaya, ambazo nyingi ni za nasaba ya "Indo-European" utaona zilivyotoka katika Sanskrit mpaka kilatini cha kale na jinsi gani miziz hii imeweka misngi ya lugha za mkondo wa Kijerumani / Anglo-Saxon kama vile Kiingereza.Muongozo wa waandishi wa gazeti linaloheshimika Uingereza "The Economist" unashauri kutumia maneno mafupi na rahisi ambayo yana mizizi katika kiingereza halisi zaidi ya yale marefu yanayotokana na kilatini, lakini lugha ziankua na hili swala hata hawa wa "The Economist", zaidi ya kuleta ulimbwende wa kibwanyenye hawawezi kulizuia.

Kwa mfano waingereza, ambao hawajui mambo ya hoteli na kupika kama Wafaransa, mpaka leo wanatumia neno la kifaransa maitre'd kumtaja yule mtu anayeongoza kuwapangia meza wateja katika hoteli kubwa, waingereza wanaweza kutumia maneno mengi, lakini kutumia "head waiter" inakuwa haina mikogo kama "maitre'd" inaweza hata kuchangia muonekano mzima wa hoteli na kufanya watu walipe zaidi kwenye hoteli yenye "maitre'd" ukilinganisha na hoteli yenye "head waiter".Kwa hiyo mara nyingine sababu zinaendana na historia nzima ya mizizi ya maneno haya (etimology) ukijua kusoma "katikati ya mistari" neno moja la kutohoa linaweza kukupa picha ambayo ingebidi kutumia kifungu kizima cha maneno kulielezea.Mifano ni mingi, lakini ukishaambiwa "wananchi" unajua muandishi anaongelea habari katika minajili ya kijamaa na aghalabu atakuwa yuko upande wa wananchi hao.

Vivyo hivyo, maneno kama "safari" "khaki" na mengine mengi yameingia katika kiingereza ama kwa kuwa hakuna maneno ya kiingereza yaliyo sawa nayo, au kwa sababu ya ulimbwende tu.

Ukiangalia neno mwananchi linavyotumiwa katika kiingereza cha magazeti yetu linatumiwa kisiasa zaidi, katika mustakabali wa watu wa nchi ya ujamaa na kujitegemea.Na ukiangalia sana utaona wanaoandika hivyo sana ni watu wa propaganda za serikali -Daily News- kwa sababu wanajua uzalendo unatoweka na dhana nzima ya uananchi inatoweka, kwa hiyo katika kutapatapa kwa mfamaji wanaishia kutaka kuweka uzalendo kwa kupika kwa kutumia maneno kama "wananchi" sehemu ambayo wangeweza kutumia "the people"

Kuhusu hapa bodini, kwa kuwa hii bodi si mimbari rasmi, watu wana uhuru wa kutumia lugha kisanii kwa jinsi wanavyotaka, ikiwa ni pamoja na kuchanganya lugha mbili au hata kuweka kiswahili kisicho rasmi. Tumesema kwamba wanaochanganya kiswahili na kiingereza hawajui kiswahili wala kiingereza, vipi kama ni kweli hawajui kiswahili wala kiingereza na inabidi wachanganye ili kujieleza, tutawazuia wasijieleze?

 

[Mahmoud Shariff Qaasim]

Niliposoma tu jina la thread hii "chonde chonde waandishi wa habari" hakika taswira iliyojitokeza haraka ni kwamba mwandishi anatahadharisha jambo fulani kwa waandishi ambapo wakiachwa waendelee nalo basi pengine kuna janga linjiani, baada ya kuisoma hoja na uchangiaji nimepata taswira nyingine tofauti na iliyotangulia.
Kwanza napingana na tahadhari hiyo ajili haistahili kwani hakuna janga lijalo kutokana na matumizi ya kiswahili ndani ya makala za kiingereza kwani kwanza hutumika vizuri pia ni njia ya kukiuza kiswahili, endapo makala hiyo itasomwa na asie mswahili itamlazimu kuitafuta maana ya msamiati huo na hivyo kujifunza jambo katika kiswahili ikawa ndio mwanzo wa kujifunza na kukijua kiswahili.
ningepinga kama tahadhari hiyo ingekuwa ni kinyume, kwamba Makala ya kiswahili yakatumiwa maneno ya kiingereza pahala ambapo neno zuri la kiswahili lipo na linaeleweka na wengi halafu mwandishi akaazima neno jingine pengine hata halileti maana nzuri zaidi ya lile la kiswahili.

Tukienzi kiswahili lugha yetu adhimu.