"Mafundi wazuri"

[finndj]

If it is plural, shouldn't it be wafundi wazuri?

[DiegoJaviUnlam]

Mafundi is the plural form of "fundi".

Noun

mafundi

1) plural of fundi

Noun

fundi (ma class, plural mafundi)

craftsman; artisan

From Wikipedia:

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mafundi

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fundi

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ma_class

[Andrea299093]

Could fundi also be technician?

[FrancescaP349937]

When do you use ma- and when do you use wa- ?

[tsuj1g1r1]

M(w)-/wa- nouns are a different class than "fundi", which is a ji-/ma- word, so "ma" indicates the plural in this case, not the singular as "m" would in a pair like "mwalimu/walimu" (teacher/teachers).

[Marisja7]

You have to learn which word belongs to which class. Just like you have to learn in french which words are feminin and which are masculin. Most words for people are m/wa-class. But not all, like fundi (-:

[SilasWolfe]

'fundi' = 'expert', too right?