Topic: Swahili

"Ninyi si mafundi"

Translation:You are not craftsmen

March 3, 2017

5 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/JustinRasm1

    "Fundi" can also refer to a handyman or someone who fixes something e.g. "fundi wa baiskeli" - bicycle repairman.

    May 29, 2017
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Jb11131999

      why is this not wa prefix for pl?

      March 3, 2017
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Theluji
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      The word is from another noun class, the JI/MA class. Singular is fundi, and it takes the ''ma'' prefix in plural.

      March 4, 2017
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/evan242762

        why did this not say "you are not a craftsman"?

        May 5, 2017
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Mark721417
        Plus

          Ninyi is the plural you

          May 6, 2017
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