Topic: Swahili

"Habari za nyumbani mama ?"

Translation:How is home mother?

February 23, 2017

8 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/JeffreyPov

    How are you doing at home is a good answer, since its idiomatic anyway

    January 31, 2018
    https://www.duolingo.com/WCqRJ71F

      Is Americanised , and in Kiswahili we ask not about mama, but what is happening at home.

      March 24, 2018
      https://www.duolingo.com/Gazelle1596

        Well, the mama is the address (and it is possible to ask about someone's father or mother).

        May 18, 2018
        https://www.duolingo.com/MamaBruce1

          The English solution is terrible. It is not even idiomatic English.

          August 4, 2017
          https://www.duolingo.com/Wolfsbane7385
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          This is messed up

          March 10, 2017
          https://www.duolingo.com/JeffreyPov

            This comes out idiomatic in English, therefor " How are you doing at home, mom" is acceptable

            February 5, 2018
            https://www.duolingo.com/Dockta_J

              Is house an acceptable substitution for home? Or is there an important distinction in Swahili?

              February 9, 2018
              https://www.duolingo.com/WCqRJ71F

                House is nyumba , home is nyumbani.

                March 24, 2018
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