"Habari za nyumbani baba ?"

Translation: How is home, dad?

[TD8885]

So is this asking how things are at home? Like how's the family and such?

[ahun00]

Yes. It means "how is everything (family, etc) at home"

[Bruno571649]

Si. significa ; come vanno le cose a casa? tutto bene?

[officially_Nya]

Sorta but mostly how clean and sturdy the house is so technically more about the house not family

[mrcumbebin]

Can someone explain why habari is mostly followed by 'za' but sometimes it's 'ya'? Thanks

[Charles226751]

Za - is plural and Ya - is singular . Like "how ARE things?" Apposed to "how IS something" . ZA is a broader way. And YA is more specific.

[Seifula1]

I wrote, how is the house dad, it said it was wrong. But how is home dad is correct?

[HappyatHeart]

Duolingo, please give a turtle option with the words spoken slowly and separately!

[MaraNDallas972]

I wish they would pronounce umeamkaje and the other one i cant spell yet lol

[Cinderty]

Can someone give context for this greeting?

[EusebiusN]

If you've been living away from home, you might say this near the start of a phone call

[Gazelle1596]

Also, if you have not seen a person for a while you would ask about all the family, and this is not uncommon (to start the conversation). It is part of the normal, polite greetings.

[ph.VGdnzP]

"ri" pronounces like "li"?