"Kwa bahati mbaya mti umekatwa"

Translation: Unfortunately the tree has been cut

[FiennaNamarye]

Why is "has been cut down" not accepted?

[manyofa]

Kwa sobabu mbaya?

[AGreatUserName]

Kwa sababu mti ulikuwa mzuri sana na watoto walipenda kucheza juu yake. ;-)

kwa sababu = because (for reason)
kwa nini = why (for what)
kwa sababu gani = why (for which reason)

[juryrigging]

Mti umekatwa kwa sabubu watoto walipenda kucheza juu yake. Miti si safi!

[Mister_Theo]

"Fortunately" of "happily" is translated as "kwa bahati"
So "Unfortunately" is translated as "kwa bahati mbaya", like "for bad luck"

[Angela53250]

Really these articles really can frustrate you in Duolingo.

[ChelseaCSc]

why is 'Unfortunately a tree has been cut' incorrect? ('a' vs 'the')

[RudolfJan]

Is correct I think, but they need to mark this as a correct answer. Did you report it?

[Frank529236]

Has neen cut. Can translate to imekatwa. Ime is the verb form for the inanamate object. That was in the audio.