"Hiki ni chakula kitamu"

Translation: This is delicious food

[BwanaSimba]

this is nice food

[juryrigging]

Chakula kitamu is either sweet or delicious. If you want nice/good food, use chakula kizuri.

[CodyMartin466489]

Why is "This food is delicious" wrong?

[Catriona28475]

Because "This food" would be "Chakula hiki".
"Hiki ni (chakula)" means "This is (food)".

I found other examples here:
https://www.duolingo.com/dictionary/Swahili/hiki/2fdfb05a01457800aade6b584d6ea6c2

[DBall2814]

In American English, we say food is "good" when it's "delicious." I think "This is good food" should be accepted.