"Viti vya nyumbani"

Translation: The chairs of the house

[TheSoundOf4]

"the house's chairs" is not accepted, does it mean it's a not a valid translation (if so, why) ?

[pablopublico]

Same question here.

[EdwardThor2]

Why? Because this is Duolingo Swahili. Somewhere in the world they should be able to find a native speaker of English to clean up the mess. The only reason I put up with this ignorance is that I am actually learning, without clobbering the small pension I live on.

[ArgusC]

Is "the chairs at home" not a correct translation?

[RobertEddy]

What is a house chair?

[PeterGauli]

The chairs inside of the house

[ana-kia]

Would 'Viti vya nyumba' transmit the same meaning?

[DeArchitect]

Hapana. Although, you may come across a Swahili saying so, but it's a broken language. But also, your sentence maybe a correct but incomplete one. You will have to provide more information onto it:

"Viti vya nyumba ya jirani" - The neighbour's house chairs

Hope I have cleared your doubt.

[EKinkead]

Swahili is a language, not a people. It is improper to refer to Swahili speakers as "a Swahili" unless they are of the Swahili tribe, which is a very small subset of Swahili speakers.

[DeArchitect]

HA-HA! Sorry dear, I wasn't being formal

[JediJian]

I always call kenyans swahili people lol

[ana-kia]

Thank you, that was helpful.

[DeArchitect]

Karibu!

[RobertEddy]

The home counties makez sense; the home chairs does not. Reported.

[PeterGauli]

The chairs of the house

[dsimonds]

I don't know what meaning was intended here. I thought maybe it was different types of chairs, e.g., viti vya nyumbani, viti vya ofisini, viti vya kanisani, viti vya shule(ni) ... but my answer was marked wrong. I still think "house chairs" or "chairs for a home" is a good answer, so I reported it.