"Una machungwa"

Translation: You have oranges

[ChristianL298842]

Quick question:

Can you use a normal pronoun in conjunction with a verb-subject pronoun?
"Wewe una machungwa"

I'm thinking of something like Spanish where you could say
"tengo <something>" or "Yo tengo <somthing>"
where the subject is shown by the verb conjugation, so you don't need the
pronoun, but you can include it for emphasis if you like.

What's the rule in Swahili?

[Gazelle1596]

exactly (it's the same) :)

[AGreatUserName]

Yep, same as in Spanish, Turkish and other pro-drop languages ... you can use the pronoun for emphasis.

[TseDanylo]

Is "you have an orange" OK?

[likes2hike]

No, chungwa is singular, machungwa is plural. So, "Una chungwa" would be "You have an orange."

[TseDanylo]

Thank you! Tafadhali!

[John00625]

Tafadhali means please... Asante is thank you

[TseDanylo]

face palm

[PaulNaveau]

Ok why is there only una, ana and wana in this series, now i still dont know "i have" :we have" and "you have" (plural)

[GizaMoja007]

Nina- i have, tuna-we have, mna-you all have

[AGreatUserName]

Uwe na subira! Majibu unayotafuta yatakuja!
Have patience! The answers you seek will come!

[JoeHardy022580]

What's incorrect with, "You have an orange"?

[likes2hike]

Already answered above: Chungwa is singular, machungwa is plural. So, "Una chungwa" would be "You have an orange."

[SilasWolfe]

so 'banana' and 'mango' is not a swahili word?

[BraeMcO]

No, ndizi is banana and embe is mango.

[2005Randall]

Yeah ..they are in English words