How do I say FRIEND in your language?

Today the second graders, eager to make friends with children in Liberia began to learn about the world in which their new friends live.  They learned where Liberia is in Africa.  They learned how much their flag looks like the U.S. flag since some Liberians ancestors used to live in the U.S.

Next week they will write letters to their friends.  They learned that in Kenya the Kiswalihi word for FRIEND is RAFIKI.  In their letters, they might ask the children how to say FRIEND in their Mother Tongue.  We all have lots of questions, and hopefully, as I get to meet these children who get the letters, I can write back to my second grade RAFIKI(s) and tell them what I am learning.  Maybe I can take pictures of those children to share with the children here.