"A prefect is clean"

Translation: Kiranja ni msafi

[Kole-Wright]

I thought "safi" didn't take agreement prefixes?

[SimonGren]

I agree with you, I didn't think that either because it is an arabic adjective. But I guess it could be different in different countries?

[Ernst557459]

safi is one of those exceptions that take a prefix for certain noun classes. Which ones, I don't remember, but I know 'a clean chair' is kiti kisafi.

[Renata725212]

In kiswahili arabic ( comming from arabic language ) adjectives don't take agreements with nouns.

[pahash]

Where is "Kiswahili Arabic" spoken?

[Tamara695755]

Much of Kiswahili (in Tanzania) has words which have come from Arabic. There is a lot of Muslim and Arabic influence in the entire language

[Yung_Biden]

I don't think Kiswahili and Arabic were meant to be combined--you seemed to assume that. @Reneta725212 meant to add a comma, "In Swahili, Arabic..."

[Devilini]

What's a prefect?

[gloucester5]

A child given extra responsibility in a school or classroom - they might be in charge of the lunch queues for younger children for example, or help staff with particular duties.

[gloucester5]

Can anyone tell me which class kiranja is from? I assumed it was ki-vi, but the agreement is wrong for the adjective (and the word is not in the dictionary at https://africanlanguages.com/swahili/).

[Ernst557459]

It is in TUKI Kamusi: http://www.elimuyetu.co.tz/subjects/arts/swa-eng/k.html

Like all nouns referring to living beings, the agreements are as for a-/wa- class nouns, but the plural is viranja.