"Hamjapika chakula"

Translation:You have not cooked the food

April 1, 2017

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

once again - the use of articles is so messed up in this program. In english this could equally be you have not cooked food as well as you have not cooked the food.


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

Ya it is hurting my brain trying to figure out when they have a definite or indefinite article or none in the answer as it seems random and often not the way I would say it in English.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/apollo11-69

It should be correct, yeah


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Frank529236

The verb is plural so you all should be accepted. Not. This is an error. Need to be reported.


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

"Meal" in Swahili is "mlo," is it not?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Gazelle1596

"meal" seems more formal; like put together - chakula (from "kitu cha kula" "something to eat") is the more coomon, yes, BenUserName :)


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

According to my dictionary, mlo and chakula have a lot of overlap in meaning but chakula looks like a much more common word. It appears in all kinds of phrases throughout the dictionary. If you get it again and it doesn't accept mlo, report it.

Na asante kwa kunifundisha neno jipya!


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Heidi447355

I can't get past this level because it so inconsistently requires "all" for you all or does not require "all" for you all!


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Gazelle1596

Report it every time - it is still being worked on.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/n1OBBKQd

Again: ha-ja means "not yet" ! You have not yet cooked the meal. Then the artikel makes sense.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/1058abesolves

March 14, 2020 should "you did not cook food" be accepted?

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