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dieprinzessin
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How would you distinguish between
He needs his plant.
He needs her plant.
She needs his plant.
She needs her plant.
would you add mwaume/mwavuli and mwanamke/msichana in cases the situation is not obvious ? Like Anahitaji mmea wa mwanamke. Or Mwaume anahitaji mmea wake. or Mwanamke anahitaji mmea wa mwanaume. etc ?
August 27, 2018
ElMeuNom
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That would probably make sense, but I don't know if it sounds normal to a Swahili native speaker or not. I think in most cases, you can tell from context. Spanish is the same way: su is used for his, her, its, or their, and it's not really a problem.
September 29, 2018
AloeVery
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Context. Its a very gender nuetral language. If you went with #2 you would probably say "Anahitaji mmea la [her name.]"
February 23, 2019
