"Ingawaje alilala alisikia"
Translation:Although he slept she heard
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The English sentence sounds strange. It's unusual for "hear" to be used without a complement unless the complement is understood (e.g. "Did you know that X?" "I heard."). Is the meaning something like "Although he was sleeping, he heard (that)"?
It is a simple mistake. I guess the writers meant that "Although she slept, she heard."
My best guess: "Although he/she slept, he/she heard (was able to hear - what was happening/we spoke)."
If the content creators really did intend a he / she difference in the two clauses, they should have used a pair of words like (baba, mama). I would have written, "Ingawa baba alikuwa amelala, mama alisikia." ~ Although Dad was asleep, Mom heard (the noise). As they stand, I have some doubts about both the Swahili sentence and the English translation.
the -ka- tense is the consecutive, so in consecutive actions (usually when telling a story) - and in that case "ingawa" wouldn't make sense either.
It makes no logical sense in the English translation. Is it supposed to mean 'Although she/he(typo error in the above example), slept she/he had (already) heard?'
No, that would have been "amesikia" and then wouldn't make logical sense either.
It does not accept "although he slept he heard", which at least would make some sense.
