Comments on: Does Anyone Know a Song called Moja Numba?

By: Wills

Wills — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 01:59:43 +0000

The meaning of the word Moja as said is ONE. The meaning of the word numba is Number. In Swahili all the vowels are pronounced;- a, e, i, o, u (Musical sound for those who are musical) so ‘a’ would be pronounced as in app, ‘e’ as in egg, ‘i’ as in inn, ‘o’ as in or and ‘u’ as in you.
With this in mind. numba should have been spelt as namba.

There is a song sung by Kidum called ‘Number Moja’ you can check it on iTunes. There is a song also by the name of ‘moja numba’ performed by the Newton High School Singers also on iTunes latest version in 2010 only available as an American download. It sounds as though it is of African origin but I suspect it was composed by someone out there (America?) so that it can be sung in a round. Very good I must admit even though moja was pronounced moi. I hope this was helpful even though it comes a few years down the line.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 12 May 2012 20:59:49 +0000

Thanks for the song Elizabeth! I posted it on our Kenya pages at:

http://mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=3480&c=34

If you’d like to sing it for us, we’d be happy to add a recording.

Cheers!

Mama Lisa

By: Elizabeth Kahura

Elizabeth Kahura — Tue, 08 May 2012 02:55:26 +0000

Hi Lisa,

Love your website! I was born in kenya . I live in Texas

Do mean the song.

Swahili:
Numba moja, mbili tatu, inne, tano.
Hesabuni tena!(repeat a number of times)

English:
Number, one, two, three, four, five.
let us count again!

Hope this helps!