"Someni gazeti"

Translation: Read the newspaper

[florentissima]

DL doesn't accept "magazine" ; sometimes DL wants "you all", sometimes DL rejects "you all" (even if plural). Lack of consistency ?

[Kas334864]

Yep, an exasperating lack of consistency. I'm reporting every time DL doesn't accept the simple verb without pronouns for plural imperative.

[MBG266009]

They give the meaning of gazeti as being both newspaper and magazine, but won't accept "Read the magazine" as a translation! I wonder why...

[NessaNessaJoy]

Report it

[Catherine419759]

How do you report it? They give me the correct answer as "y'all read the newspaper". I have never used the term "y'all" in my life...

[Wandermoench]

Isnt newspapers correct also?

[juryrigging]

Gazeti is actually a Ji/Ma noun, so no.

[icabero816]

Why would it not be Soma Gazeti? Why Someni?

[machieng]

both are accepted

[icabero816]

When is Someni versus Soma used typically?

[davidvdb]

Soma is the singular imperative and is directed towards one person. Someni is the plural form and is directed towards more than one person.

[icabero816]

Ah okay. So if I was telling one person to read, I would say something like "Baba, soma." but in the plural I would say something along the lines of "Walimu, soma!"

Is that right?

[machieng]

"Walimu, someni!"