"Have a good afternoon Esther"
Translation:Mchana mwema Esther
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"mchana" is afternoon and "siku" is day. I don't see why it's wrong to exclude "siku" as a possibility for translating "afternoon".
In the mulpiple choice question, you should now give both answers as a correct translation, so possibly you are correct. Saying Good afternoon seems to me a bit unnatural in English, though it is very common in Dutch. The Dutch word voor good afernoon is "goede middag" which is shorter to say I guess.
As a greeting, "good afternoon" is not unnatural. But "Mchana mwema" is not really a greeting. As in you don't lead off with it in a conversation. It's more for at the end of a conversation when you would say like "ok, well have a good afternoon" in which case saying "good afternoon" (by itself) would be unnatural.
I agree, we say it frequently. By the way, the Spanish is "buenas tardes", because tardes is feminine. You have an impressive array of languages in your comment! :)
Good afternoon sounds perfectly natural to me as a native English speaker.
There is nothing whatsoever about saying good afternoon in English, good day is rarer and is often associated with Australians.
siku is the 'n' noun class, mchana is the 'm-mi' class. I'm not great on these, but this is a good reference: http://www2.ku.edu/~kiswahili/pdfs/lesson_09.pdf
