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"Have a good night Rehema"
Translation:Usiku mwema Rehema
April 27, 2017
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Night is not an animate object - "mwema" also is used for abstract nouns starting with "u-" (such as "usiku" - night) and plants singular (such as "mti" - tree) morning and afternoon (I'm not sure about evening) are Arabic loan word, which thereby fall into class 9/10; usiku, however, would be a Bantu word and has always been in class 11(/10) - the Bantu words formerly used for morning, afternoon etc. have been overtaken by the Arabic (meaning, they weren't always in that class). Loan words are usually put into the "ma-" class (6) or "i-"/"zi-" (9/10).
GGNYNY
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Maybe the difference is that njema is in the morning and mwema at night- siku njema /good morning & usiku mwema/good night, but I'm not sure.