"Wanahitaji kamera yao"

Translation: They need their camera

[s.rombaut]

Why cant camera be plural?

[Joylyn17]

Im guessing because it is unusual for people to carry more than one camera when traveling. Does that answer ur question?

[s.rombaut]

haha I already get it, if it were plural, it would be "kamera zao". I just thought becuz they is plural, camera would be plural too, but thanks!

[DavidScott493272]

As the subject 'they' is plural it makes more sense that cameras would be plural as it is unlikely that they (plural) would need the same camera.

[Ne_cede_malis]

False in this example though... the possessive pronoun "yao" means it's a single camera. Maybe its kids or a couple sharing the camera?