"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.

[latestsledgeone]

same question

man it is suppsed to be correct

[tomjstone]

"The house's chairs" is now accepted.

[ArgusC]

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

[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.

[ana-kia]

Thank you, that was helpful.

[DeArchitect]

Karibu!

[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

[RobertEddy]

What is a house chair?

[Ne_cede_malis]

Is the "-ni" locative necessary here? "Viti vya nyumba" would be "the chairs of the house" while "viti vya nyumbani" would be... speculatively... "the chairs in the house"?

[PeterGauli]

The chairs inside of the house