Topic: Swahili

"Mwite daktari"

Translation:Call the doctor

July 11, 2017

6 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/ZanninaMargariti

    You should call the doctor is it right too???

    July 11, 2017
    https://www.duolingo.com/AGreatUserName
    • 5

    In that case, it should also have the subject prefix, so umwite or mmwite. Without it, it's just imperative.

    Yeah, mw- could also be the subject prefix if there's no object prefix, but the object prefix should be used here.

    July 14, 2017
    https://www.duolingo.com/filixlan

      Why not "you (pl) got to be called by the doctor"??

      August 9, 2018
      https://www.duolingo.com/vitoreiji
      • 18

      Is it necessarily the doctor or could this also be "call a doctor"?

      December 3, 2018
      https://www.duolingo.com/TessEwing1
      Plus

        How does one know that the "mw-" is the direct object and not an indirect object? I.e., could it be "call him a doctor"?

        February 24, 2019
        https://www.duolingo.com/mulsab

          I also thought it means 'Call him doctor'. How would you translate that?

          June 10, 2019
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