"You are Chinese."

Translation: Wewe ni Mchina.

[yosoyelbebe]

The sentence needs to state "You all are Chinese" to imply the plural tense

[Fiyalka2]

... or Duo should accept the singular, too. English is simply ambigious here and both translations are correct.

[DorcasJ]

There can be two answers here...Ninyi ni Wachina or Wewe ni Mchina.

[EdithChukw]

Exactly.

[DorcasJ]

I actually think otherwise...the answer is correct.this is the translation of the statement youve given..."you all are Chinese"=Ninyi nyote ni Wachina.

[Theluji]

What about ''wewe ni mchina''? Is that wrong?

[runhaags]

I guess this is in the section with all the plurals, but it seems like both should be valid.

[officially_Nya]

I know right! Thats what i put and i got it wrong

[nuurdiinali]

Hi

[Prya_hindi]

Wewe ni mchina and ninyi ni wachina are both accepted now :-)

[Trenzalore]

What is the difference between Mchina and Wachina?

[mariamspeaks]

Singular and plural

[officially_Nya]

Wachina is more than one mchina is just one

[MexicoMadness]

Thank you for the info but the lesson did not indicate that 'though it makes sense. So the two are not interchangeable?

[Jess291291]

Mchina is singular. Wachina is plural.

[Tiffany834151]

There's nothing implying that the answer should be stated in the plural sense

[Garry917152]

The only hint is the capitalization in the word bank. I agree that the singular should be valid.

[Alex_Cart]

Is there a difference between "Nyinyi" and "Ninyi"?

[officially_Nya]

No they are spelled differently but mean the same thing

[DorcasJ]

They mean the same thing...BTW,there are other swahili words that are like this too...

[JudithJane]

check out the hints at the beginning of Swahili -- i just read it and learned the difference

[MexicoMadness]

Thanks Judith. I'll check it out.

[Keshie_Kween1]

a big one

[maximilian357]

It doesn't state if its singular or plural, like several has mentioned above.

[Jhonsito416692]

Quiero aprender swahili desde el español

[val13625]

I hate that there is no distinction between plural you or singular you. Like, I know both but I'm guessing and hoping that's what they meant.

[machieng]

you can't distinguish the 2 in English, so both Swahili translations are usually accepted

[DorcasJ]

In swahili we have nafsi ya kwanza-first person,nafsi ya pili-second person na nafsi ya tatu-third person...you can start here to know the actual differences.

[deactivated user]

Wewe ni Mchina = You are Chinese. Correct?

[AbelMakanz]

Wa expresses the plural

[Gabryana1]

Wewe is plural so why is this wrong

[machieng]

wewe is singular, 'nyinyi/ninyi' is plural

[Cutie_Kitty_Cat]

No spoken translation of China

[Keshie_Kween1]

ok i have no idea why its saying it in plural but its WRONG

[AgnessLung1]

When you you use wachina and mchina. Or watanzania and mtanzania

[MexicoMadness]

There is a comment by AbelMarkanz above that says Wa is plural. So then M must be singular. Please correct me if I am wrong.

[4pp3ls4p]

what's the difference between nyinyi and ninyi?

[chcegale2]

Good suahili

[Jess291291]

I agree. Or pls indicate you(pl). Otherwise the difference is not clear.

[kizib]

I think that is correct!