In the corpus there are only a few examples in which the term mapenzi is associated with ‘physical love’, and it mostly occurs in the expression ‘kufanya mapenzi’, (‘to make love’). There are some exa

In the corpus there are only a few examples in which the term mapenzi is associated with
‘physical love’, and it mostly occurs in the expression ‘kufanya mapenzi’, (‘to make love’). There
are some examples in which mapenzi is described as a concrete act, like in the sentences below,
in which the lovers are showing (Auonyesha) their love in a bar, and mapenzi between young
people is described as a feeling that doesn’t beyond the act of kissing (mabusu).
Kufanya naye mapenzi ingekuwa sawa kufunga ndoa. (dsm)
To make love with her would be the same as to get married.