Talk:Hakuna matata

The phrase "Hakuna Matata" is derived from french "aucune matiere" that have an english word-for-word translation: "nothing matters"

Trivia
So, we've got that big ugly trivia section with its big ugly trivia header staring us in the face. What do we do about it? I am in favor of just deleting the whole section. I think its unencyclopedic (as the tag above the section makes clear) and is full of information so trivial and irrelevant that it has no place here ("What is Hakuna Matata" was the answer to a Final Jeopardy question...? REALLY!? I sincerely doubt anybody cares, though I suppose I may be wrong, I guess...) Anyway, that tag is not there to be ignored, and if I didn't expect serious fallout, I would've followed <> and taken that poor old dog of a section out behind the woodshed and put it out of its misery. "Yes... It's Raining " 22:08, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

How come we don't name the 1994 Disney film? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.21.54.2 (talk) 19:04, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

Vandalism
Reverted to the pre-98.15.252.235 edited version. ENSSB (talk) 03:50, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

meaningless props to the writer(s) of this article
The quote "Simba is amenable to the new philosophy." under a picture of Simba is one of hte most hilarious things I've ever read. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.21.147.172 (talk) 01:11, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

This One Time
This one time I ate a bunch of peanuts and I got really sick. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 214.13.212.26 (talk) 13:33, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Analysis of the phrase
I've moved the following here from the main page as it seems to be incorrect. Firstly, "-na" does not denote "no". "kuna" == "there are"; "hakuna" = "there are no", so it's more the "ha-" which denotes negation. Secondly, there appears to be a singular "tata" according to this online dictionary. Personally, I think a complex, technical grammatical analysis of the phrase adds little to the article, even if it were correct. The only people who would understand the description would be Swahili speakers, who would quite easily understand the formation of such a well-known phrase anyway. &mdash; Matt Crypto 16:31, 12 February 2006 (UTC)


 * The phrase can be broken down in Swahili as follows:


 * haku- negative subject prefix for locative case (indicates location) which can be translated roughly as "there are not" or "it doesn't"


 * na- suffix meaning "no"


 * matata- a Class 6 word which is always plural, the prefix (MA) is the indicative of the plural form of the JI/MA gender in Swahili; therefore, if a singular form of this word, which translates roughly as 'concerns', existed it would be either 'jitata', or simply 'tata' (as many words Class 5 (JI) words do not display the JI prefix. For example, the word 'rafiki' (friend) is a singular Class 5 (JI) noun, but it's plural is 'marafiki' (friends) (Class 6).


 * So literally, "Hakuna Matata" is "there are no concerns here" (here because 'haku' is locative in this instance).

Ah, what a wonderful phrase
It means no worries... for the rest of your daysss...... It's our problem-freeeeee, philosopheeeeeee... Hakuna Matata!
 * *In backround* hakuna! matata! hakuna! matata awooooo! :p what a happy song!

Meaningless-harmless comment by --Dch111 06:02, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Hakuna- phrase split up
i personally feel, "Hakuna" should be splitted as Ha-Kuna and not as Haku-na...

Can somebody explain why it has been splitted that way? Im not much clear with the author's description.

Hakuna Matata in the Christian Bible
Actually, the concept "don't worry" is written in the bible, too, in Paul's letter to the Church at Philippi (Philippians 4:6).

That's quite interesting, because many Christians worry a lot. Obviously too much! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 85.82.201.47 (talk) 23:01, 24 January 2007 (UTC).

I checked; not so - neither of Paul's letters to Timothy (I or II) 4:6 contain the phrase "don't worry". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.186.56.137 (talk) 12:11, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

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Films and Tv
Parker Lewis said "hakuna matata", sometime in Parker Lewis Can't Lose.

Also, it appeared in the credits of the film Mississippi Masala. 

btw, in Tanzania "hakuna matata" sounds silly or tourist. they'd rather say "hakuna matatizo" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.38.182.40 (talk) 19:27, 8 March 2008 (UTC)


 * The song “Jambo Bwana,” which has the phrase Hakuna Matata” in it, was used in the 1989 Walt Disney Productions film “Cheetah.” The lead actor, Keith Coogan wore a T-Shirt with that says “Hakuna Matata” on it. 172.59.33.127 (talk) 15:51, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

-Living in Kenya I never heard "matatizo". They generally used "shida" instead because "matata" was too touristy (similarly nobody says Jambo). My understanding is that "matata" meant civil unrest, and the phrase was first coined by the tourist industry to distinguish Kenya from its neighbors, as "Kenya has no civil unrest".

Lead section
It says: It is sometimes translated as "no worries", although is more commonly used similarly to the English phrase "no problem". That does not make much sense. No worries is itself a phrase equivalent to "no problem", the two English translations say the same thing, so it makes no sense to contrast one against the other like that. Or I am missing something? — Emil J. 12:32, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

What a mess!
At least, you guys, make up your mind if this article is about the song or not!--345Kai (talk) 10:54, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Jimmy Cliff
In the song section it misses the song version of Jimmy Cliff 200.111.98.44 (talk) 22:08, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Australian
The page currently states that "no worries" is "Australian for no worries." Is this really necessary, and if so, maybe it needs to be rephrased? Because as it is now it seems rather self-evident. 19:07, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I went ahead and removed the Australian phrase from "see also" as it's already linked to in the lead.  23:28, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

N-Dubs
Is this section really necessary in this article? Most people will not know who they are and they have no relevance to the subject of this article. I'd suggest removing it from this article and moving it to the article about N-Dubs if it is not there already. 46.208.217.19 (talk) 08:38, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

litteral translation over rough - opinions?
the swahilli phrase hakuna matta litterally translates into without worries. however thanks to disney's lion king and common lingo it has taken n the meaning of no worries. not sure if the litteral translation whould replace the roughly translated line in pages opening. i can see benifet of putting its actual meanign on but with common lingo making no worries more common i feel i may be wasting time on this edit.... thoughts? 162.145.32.67 (talk) 03:43, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

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Another use

 * There is a guest house called Hakuna Matata at Matata in New Zealand. See this Google Earth view. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:05, 13 July 2019 (UTC)

"No worries" isn’t "Hakuna Matata", It’s "Hakuna Wasiwasi" and "There are no troubles" is "Hakuna Shida"
"Hakuna Matata" is "no trouble" in English

Thanks The Walt Disney Company, I hate it. Abdullah Al Manjur (talk) 14:21, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

Ok so I meant:

Thanks Disney, I hate it. Abdullah Al Manjur (talk) 14:22, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

hakuna matata
hakuna matata 180.75.45.177 (talk) 15:13, 30 July 2022 (UTC)