"How' is the afternoon mom?"

Translation: Habari ya mchana mama?

[J0HANNES]

Difference between habari ya/za mchana?

[tu.8zPhLD72zzoZN]

Ya/za singular/ plural So kind of like the difference between asking "What's new?" versus "What news do you have?" both are used.

[awesomecheetah1]

but when you are speaking swahili with someone, they never say habari YA leo, it is always habari ZA leo or mchana, or whatever....
there is a diference between Za and Ya, but when speaking you never say habari YA ....!!!

[JordanOsr]

Why does this use "Ya" instead of "Ni"?

[Tatonka71]

Cause it's actually saying "news of the afternoon" not How IS the afternoon.

[Okhayfa]

i thought mchana meant night or morning, but jioni was afternoon

[tu.8zPhLD72zzoZN]

I think that "mchana" means day or afternoon and "jioni" means "evening" and "morning" is "asubuhi"