"Walimu"

Translation: Teachers

[Pampelius]

So teacher is mwalimu and teachers is walimu? Why not wawalimu? Is it a different noun class or is it because the plural otherwise would have a double wa?

[justm133]

In m/wa class singular noun can have [m] or [mw] and plural has [wa].
Examples: mwanafunzi -> wanafunzi, mtoto -> watoto.

[everyoneleaves1]

wa walimu would mean "of teachers "
walimu means "teachers"
while mwalimu means "teacher"
becareful where you use it

[Jawce]

Would it be a correct alternative to say mlimu for teacher?

[RaynBlue]

hey so. i happened to type "the teachers" for Walimu and got the question wrong. are there no articles like "the" in Swahili?