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- "Your name is Rehema"
"Your name is Rehema"
Translation:Jina lako ni Rehema
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It has to be written that way because that word (Your) in Swahili is noun-class sensitive. The prefix changes depending on the class of the noun and the quantity of the items.
Mtoto wako - Your child.
Nyumba yako - Your House.
Kiatu chako - Your shoe.
I wish the hovers on the English words showed "Jina lako" for "your name" instead of just "-ako" for "your" and "jina" for "name."
It looks as though they did that now. Thank you to whoever reported that.
It is correct for the hovers to show -ako for your so as to guide the learners for other derivatives of your which are lako, yako, zako, kako, chako, pako, wako depending on the noun class.
1599
It accepts lake and lako interchangeably, telling me I've made a typo. How am I supposed to learn the difference.. :(
(yes, I did report it)
When will we get audio for the words? I know it is transitioning from beta state but how long will that take? I am a much more audio-based learner :(
Put the word/s you want to hear in the search box of Forvo, e.g.: https://forvo.com/word/mimi_ni.../#sw If they have a pronunciation, you will hear it.
Because in Swahili a noun normally comes first like in Nyumba yangu = My house.
I want to learn Swahili but they don't have the audible pronunciation I don't even know how to pronounce this thing
- 1599
Once it is out of beta, they should have added pronunciation. Swahili is a pretty phonetic language, so you shouldn't have too much trouble once you hear it a few times.
- 50
It's not entirely uncommon to omit the copula "ni" in this sort of sentences. "Jina lako Rehema" should also be a possibility.
- 50
If the downvote was because you think it's not correct, then do some reading. I have this information both from my experience in speaking with friends from Kenya and Uganda, and also from different courses and articles. Here is a good one that talks about both Bantu languages in general and specifically about Swahili: https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/24561/1/gibson-variation-in-bantu-copula-constructions_OUP.pdf The part about copula dropping is on page 9.
