"Mimi ni Mchina"

Translation: I am Chinese

[LargoAdam]

How to pronounce Mchina guys?

[likes2hike]

It's "Mmm" followed quickly by "cheena" (long "e" sound instead of "i")

[sonjo]

I also want to know. Wait for the audio...

[rhapsodyfemme]

:) https://translate.google.co.in/m/translate#auto/en/mchina

[zymte]

Are nationalities written with an uppercase or lowercase first letter? The course is pretty inconsistent in this respect and I can't tell which form is better to use.

[nessihix]

does Mchina really mean "of china"? the other ones ive seen (ex: Mkenya) seem to suggest a pattern: M+country

[HoroTanuki]

found this

[gdog1102]

"I am from china" was not accepted.

[likes2hike]

That's right, that translation should not be accepted. "Mimi ninatoka China" would be the translation for "I am from China."

[Firstlady100]

Ah I see so "toka" from the original form "kutoka", means to be from?

[s.rombaut]

Is Mchina used as an adjective or as a person?

[iamnnuurryy]

Mchina is a noun to mean:chinese

[Gazelle1596]

both, but capitalized it is the person (nationality); you could also say "Yeye ni msichana mchina." She is a Chinese girl.

[DiegoJaviUnlam]

Mimi upendo Kiswahili. Na mimi upendo Kichina. =)

[likes2hike]

Great try! But "upendo" is a noun meaning "love" and here you need to conjugate the verb "kupenda" meaning "to love": Mimi ninapenda Kiswahili. Na mimi ninapenda Kichina. This sentence can be further shortened, but that will come later :)

[DiegoJaviUnlam]

Wow! Asante sana! Now I get it. Ninapenda Kiswahili na Kichina. Zaidi, Kijapani anakuja! =))

[Gazelle1596]

"Kijapani anakuja." The Japanese language is coming?
"Halafu nitaanza kujifunza Kijapani." (And (then) I will begin to learn Japanese.)
In Swahili you cannot use the "na" tense even for the near future.