"You are Dutch."

Translation: Ninyi ni Waholanzi.

[RussJenkins]

WHat is the difference between "waholanzi" and "mholanzi" ?

[MinervaAndApollo]

mholanzi is singular, while waholanzi is plural!
you could write this sentence 2 ways - wewe ni mholanzi (you are dutch) or ninyi ni waholanzi (you all are dutch)

[CormAlan]

does this work for every nationality related word?

[CynW]

Pretty much. Yes

[FabianLtzi]

For me it judged ninyi ni waholanzi as wrong oO

[Marinette35527]

True

[Sydney476751]

It said thay for me too

[xd_Firedav]

One is Singular and one is plural.

[deactivated user]

I have no idea

[el_gatto]

My sentence was Nyinyi nyote waholanzi. What is nyote? Plural form of ni?

[cozyshian12]

Nyote is the same as Nyinyi. Translation: All of you

[josedopatrocinio]

Thanks

[GeorgiaMul]

Thanks so much. I chose ninyi and they said nope

[JezzaJ]

What's the difference between Wewe and Ninye?

[DaphneTheSnail]

Wewe is singular and ninyi is plural

Wewe ni mholanzi = you are dutch
Ninyi ni waholanzi = you all are dutch

[philightentist]

that's the thing, it shouldn't be counted as wrong if it's asking for a translation for "You are dutch" and I put "wewe ni mholanzi" and it says that Ninyi ni Waholanzi is correct as well....it isn't because the translation isn't for (You all) it's for (you)

[Pansy6938]

Totally agree.

[JosiahTroy]

"Wewe ni mholanzi" should be included as an acceptable answer as the question does not specify whether the statement is singular or plural.

[emilearinaga]

Just to be sure: do "mholanzi" and other nationality adjectives never merit a capital letter? In another exercise, "Mchina" was considered a correct way of saying "Chinese". Can you just choose to capitalize or not?

[iamfemidigital]

I would like to ask why the Swahili lessons doesn't have audio like other lessons I've tried. The audio helps us to know the correct pronounciations.

[rmorenbe]

I see "Ninyi NYOTE ni Waholanzi". Is it a negative particle?

[cozyshian12]

NYOTE is another word for all of you.

[dag.chr]

But ninyi on its own means all of you. Why are they put together? I don't understand

[machieng]

'ninyi' on its own is just you (plural). It doesn't necessarily refer to everyone

[Promethea.b]

On the "select each word to form a sentence" version of the exercise, "ninyi" wasn't an option.
With the new reporting system I can't report this type of error.

[TimothyJac550413]

On the "Write this in Swahili" exercise page, I was asked to translate "You are Dutch". I selected "ninyi ni mholanzi", which is incorrect. I discovered why after reading this duscussion. I was told I should have selected "Ninyi ni waholanzi". However, waholanzi was not one of the available words to choose from. The correction should be "Wewe ni mholanzi".

[Echi605728]

When do you use ninyi and when wewe

[machieng]

ninyi/nyinyi - you (plural)

wewe - you (singular)

[Dobbsbre00]

What is the difference between Ninyi and Wewe?

[KiranZotom]

All options are coming up as incorrect. No option to move foward

[JKirstaetter]

The plural option "waholanzi" was not available to choose from. So the correct answer should have been "Wewe ni mholanzi" - I assume that the above given translation is also okay.

[deactivated user]

Nyote?

[nboo_link]

Mmh

[SoCalGigi]

How is this said?

[NjorogeNgi]

You are not paying attention to detail and accuracy or completeness of any position ambassador for sure but not the same as saying

[NjorogeNgi]

P Please call me on this email and delete the message I received the message I sent the email and delete this communication in the past

[machieng]

Who are you talking to?

[QuinTC]

Then what is the particle "la"?

[Vespilla83]

It means "of".

[Nankware]

ninyi and waholanzi are plural so how does this make sense

[machieng]

'you' can apply to one or more than one person