"Rehema ni jina la Mkenya"

Translation: Rehema is a name of a Kenyan

[juryrigging]

How would you say "Rehema is a Kenyan name"? Is it the same?

[TseDanylo]

I'm not a native speaker but here is my reason:

• la = of
• jina la mkenya = a name of a kenyan

[Dalaryn]

Not a native speaker either, but I think they would imply the same thing. It might be an acceptable answer.

[RudolfJan]

That was my interpreation and this is accepted, so I assume it is correct. My feeling is that in Swahili you use complete different shortcuts in different situations from English. The translations Duolingo uses seem unnatural in many cases, but this is not bad, because we are learning the language and it helps to stick a bit with the literal translation.

[circumbendibus]

Your translation is the correct answer. Duo's given answer is a word-for-word translation. It's technically not wrong, but it's not useful. I'll report.

[Toiya98]

So 'la' means 'of'?

[Rae.F]

Yes, in the genitival sense if nothing else.

[Bree93799]

Oh ok thanks

[CendallChi]

i am keyan

[Krekel73]

Wewe ni mkenya :)

[Drjet1]

Mimi ni mkenya