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I suppose because 'good evening' is a greeting but the translation should be wishing you a good evening.
It just marked me correct for "Good evening" so they must have added this answer. (April 2018)
What's the Difference between "Habari a jioni" and "Jioni Njema"?? Which one is more common??
"Habari za ...?" (you missed out the 'z') is a question, meaning "news of...?", and requires an answer, usually "Nzuri" (good, fine).
"Jioni njema" is not a question (just as "good evening" is not a question).
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I dont get from the lections when to use njema and mwema. Could someone explain?
If you go to the lesson on adjectives and click on the tips & notes (light bulb), there is a lot of information on adjective agreement.
The form mwema is used with the M/WA noun class, e.g.:
"mwanafunzi mwema" = the good/kind/nice student .
Nouns in class N/N (including "jioni") take a rather complicated variety of prefixes on the adjective, usually m-, n- or nothing. But point 4 says that the adjective -ema is an exception, as the prefix becomes nj- with a class N/N noun.
So: "Jioni njema" = Good evening, "soksi njema" = nice socks.
