"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.
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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.
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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 :(
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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
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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.
It's not entirely uncommon to omit the copula "ni" in this sort of sentences. "Jina lako Rehema" should also be a possibility.
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.