"How is home grandmother?"
Translation:Habari za nyumbani bibi ?
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Za is for when "habari" is plural, ya is for singular. Either is acceptable and means the same thing in this case.
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How do you know when "Habari" is singular or plural? "News" would always be singular in English in this case.
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This sentence, as well as some of the other sentences in this lesson, could definitely do with commas in the English versions - "How is home, grandmother?" looks a lot better and is easier to understand.
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Why is it 'Habari za nyumbani bibi?' and not 'Habari ni nyumbani bibi?' ?
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Habari is literally "news." So you are not asking "how is home" verbatim. You are really saying "News of home, grandma?"
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I'm very confused. Sometimes, you're supposed to say "Bibi, habari za nyumbni" and other times you're supposed to say "Habari za nyumbani bibi"? What is the difference? I keep getting marked wrong for this.
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There isn't a difference; you should just report it as Swahili is still in Beta.
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It's a dialectical difference between kenyan and tanzanian swahili. Not normal in tanzania, but absolutely normal in kenya. Don't remember what bibi usually means in kenya, but I believe it is something completely different.
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for this ya (singular) vs za (plural) form of "of" see also: https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/21209713/Habari-ya-leo
