Topic: Swahili

"Usicheze fanya kazi"

Translation:Do not play, do work

March 17, 2017

7 Comments

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

    Translation is grammatically incorrect

    March 17, 2017
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Heidi575413

      It should not make mistake if you just write: Do not play, work!

      June 17, 2018
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Martin633120

        I agree. In this order of priority/preference: "Do not play, work!" or "Do not play; work." or "Do not play, but work." Unquestionably, "Do not play, do work." is an unnatural sentence in English.

        March 9, 2019
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/giraffe__
        • 88

        i disagree. commas are sometimes used like semicolons, to separate independent clauses in a sentence. so i think the sentence as stated makes sense.

        June 29, 2019
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/dsimonds
        Plus

          Can be simply translated as "Don't play! Work!" Agreed that some punctuation in the Swahili sentence would be helpful and that punctuation is invariably lacking when you use Duo's "word buttons."

          February 11, 2019
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Joanne394981
          • 19

          Does Swahili not need commas as in English?

          November 29, 2018
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Catriona28475
          • 554

          See my previous reply. Swahili has the same punctuation as English. It's just that Duolingo generally skips punctuation. It's the same on the German course, for example. On the questions where you select 'word buttons' to construct the correct sentence, there is no button with a question mark for sentences in question form.

          November 30, 2018
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