"Uti wa mgongo unauma"

Translation: My spine hurts

[veselina.k]

Shouldn't it translate to "a/the spine hurts"? I got an error when I tried that but I thought "My spine hurts" should be "uti wa mgongo wangu unauma"

[JeffreyMast]

The backbone is hurting. Paining?????

[brjaga]

Report it

[veselina.k]

wow! You are learning an insane number of languages on an insane streak - respect!

[ZanninaMargariti]

U prefix before na?? Uma is the verb???

[JeffreyMast]

Yes, "-uma" is a verb.

[Julianfshpearson]

This is not English.

[giraffe__]

"paining" as a verb is correct English: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pain#Verb

[dibsmft]

'Backbone hurts' shows as wrong. Backbone and spine are the same thing. There is no 'my' in the Swahili

[BeelerFami]

a backbone has pain should be as good as is hurting...I'm reporting.