'Ya' and 'Za'
When should you use 'ya' and when should you use 'za'? I'm confused...
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It is explained in the tips and notes. Make sure you are reading those. It is explained bit-by-bit as you progress through the tree.
I am, but I don't understand the tips & notes, so this is what the discussions are for. If you don't have anything helpful to say, don't say anything.
I'm sorry, I am trying to be helpful. Being rude doesn't help either. Try looking at the Wikipedia article for the language: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swahili_language#Agreement It has a chart listing the "-a" preposition for every noun class. Basically it works just like an adjective, where it has to agree with a particular noun class. So "ya" is used with several different classes of nouns, while "za" indicates the plural of the "N/N" class that doesn't inflect the noun itself, or the plural of the "U/N" class.
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It's worth noting, though, that -a has different prefixes from the ones used with adjectives (it's inflected the same as possessives and -ote "all"). I find Wiktionary to be a really good resource for Swahili inflection: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/a#Swahili
Yes, we both have way more than we need. I'm spending them all on Streak Freeze and Double or Nothings!
