"A game is being started"
Translation:Mchezo unaanzwa
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'Mchezo' is a MI- class noun (called this because the plurals are formed by adding mi-: 'michezo'). MI- class nouns take the u- subject prefix in the singular (and i- in the plural).
Thankfully, memorizing noun classes is less tedious than it sounds. With some practice, you'll start to pick up the patterns. :)
but why unaanzWa ? What is the w at the end? Is that a passive voice ? why not stativ? unaanzika ?
Yes, it is the passive form. I'm not sure if you could translate it differently. I presume that it is a different way of thinking and games don't play themselves but are played by others.
Plus, we haven't met the passive construction yet, but there's no option to report that kind of problem in the exercises.
I am also confused about it. So, 1. as already asked, why unaanzawa and not anaanzawa if this is a (passive) verb? I can't find this in the tips 2. I did not get the explanation by kshuck2... So far from this course I have learned only about the adjective agreement in MI- class (vowel mw-, my-, and consonant m-, mi-). So, please, give further explanation ( :
update! An explanation HERE chrome-extension://oemmndcbldboiebfnladdacbdfmadadm/https://www2.ku.edu/~kiswahili/pdfs/lesson_31.pdf
