[ASU] good health

[Omar Hashi]

Salaam, 

'Caafimaadka ka waran' it literally means how is your health. It is commonly used as how are you. 

Omar

On Mar 7, 2013, at 4:19 PM, "Howard, Steve" <howard at ohio.edu> wrote:

> friends: best wishes tomorrow for International Women’s Day and all the African women included in that! And as I get ready for our big conference on Women and Children’s Health in Africa at the end of the month, I am wondering if any of you could share any very basic greetings in African languages that you speak- that are essentially an inquiry about health… like in English, “how are you?” is essentially an inquiry about health.  thanks
>  
> Steve Howard
> Director, African Studies and Director, Graduate Studies, Center for International Studies,
> Professor, Media Arts and Studies
> Ohio University
> www.african.ohio.edu
> http://www.african.ohio.edu/Conferences/healthafricaconference.htm
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