Topic: Swahili

"Mkasi wangu"

Translation:My pair of scissors

April 12, 2017

3 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/RinnyJ

    Why is it wangu here, but yangu when used with nails? They are both from the M/Mi class. Is one for the plural and the other the singular?

    April 12, 2017
    https://www.duolingo.com/RudolfJan
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    In English, scissors is plural, in Swahili apparently its singular In Dutch the translation for scissors is "schaar", which is singular as well. You can see it in the form mkasi not mikasi

    May 11, 2017
    https://www.duolingo.com/juryrigging

      Pretty much spot on.

      April 12, 2017
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