"You are not craftsmen"

Translation: Ninyi si mafundi

[RobertoDoyle]

Since it is plural (craftsmen) why is it not wafundi?

[Gazelle1596]

because fundi is one of those exceptions that are in another class (ji-/ma-, or 5/6), but since it is animate the verb agrees with m-/wa-.

[mayanja]

i do not seem to follow this explanation, the answer being given to us is wewe si fundi....here i was thinking fundi is singular and mafundi should be plural kindly elaborate further for my better understanding

[Gazelle1596]

That answer "Wewe si fundi." is wrong (see brjaga below :) )

[GodiSandra]

Why not "Wewe si mafundi."?

[brjaga]

Wewe is only "you" when referring to a single person. If you're talking to multiple people (as implied here by the use of "craftsMEN", then you have to use ninyi.

[ronnie.enn]

Craftsmen is plural

[ArgusC]

Could you say "hamafundi" or something along those lines? Or would that just be horrible grammar?

[Ernst557459]

No, that would be a verb construction (like in hamwibi, you (pl.) don't steal, from kuiba to steal). As far as I can see, the verb kuafunda doesn't exist.

[kari495695]

Nice to see some recent comments on here! Thought I was the only one currently studying!

[BB8eZ2Cd]

just an exception to the rule??

[UweRo]

"Ninyi si wafundi" shall be right

[Gazelle1596]

In fact it is not, because the plural of fundi is in class 6, mafundi, it is not in class 2 (but an exception; in speaking people would understand of course, but it is not grammatically correct).

[UweRo]

Thank you. You are right.

[Tethys19]

What in the world do you mean Class 6 Class 2 i haven't seen Duo bring that up anywhere