"Siku njema Esther"

Translation: Have a good day Esther

[MugodaSimo]

whats the difference between "njema" and "mwema"

[Kipkemoi]

What's the difference between siku and leo? Both mean "day"?

[nikasimm93]

Siku - Day
Leo- Today

[Nacho813197]

We need audio.

[Chiedzo]

Is siku not from usiku? I was marked down for "Have a good night"

[likes2hike]

'Siku' is day, 'usiku' is night. 'Usiku' is a U-class noun which takes an m- agreement (or mw- before a vowel), so "have a good night" would be "usiku mwema."

Sidenote: 'siku' is also the plural of 'usiku' and takes an n- agreement, according to Wilson's Simplified Swahili. So 'siku njema' can mean both 'good nights' (plural) and 'good day.' But here, context still tells us it must be "have a good day."

[redbrickhouse]

Sorry, I don't detect a context.

[likes2hike]

The context is that "have a good day" is a standard greeting, while "have good nights" is not, at least in any culture that I am aware of. :)

[Destrio]

good afternoon is not ok?

[Gita-ji]

'Good afternoon' is 'Mchana mwema'. (Mchana = afternoon)

[Humphreya5]

You pronounced Eshter it should be Ester