"Garbage were collected"

Translation: Takataka zilizolewa

[BwanaSimba]

I have to come back to my earlier remark. Both the Swahili text and the translation now seem perfectly fine to me. As I'm not following this course, I didn't know the verb "ku-zoa" = to gather up, whether liquids like spilled milk or rubbish. Therefore, seeing the "zilizo" part, I immediately thought of the relative infix plural of the N-Group (takataka), "zi-li-zo" meaning "they which ...". This was supported by the fact that "ku-lewa" is also a verb = to be drunk. Of course, this verb doesn't make any sense with an inanimate object. But looking at the verb "ku-zoa", which in the prepositional form is "ku-zolea" and in the passive form "ku-zolewa", it does make sense: "zi-li-zolewa" = they were gathered up, or they were collected, so after all the translation seems quite all right to me.

[Sheilawawe]

It says the answer is zolewa but that is used to describe the impossible situation of collecting a liquid

[BwanaSimba]

this seems not right to me: the drunken garbage. I believe the verb "kukusanya" should be used: takataka zilizokusanya

[AGreatUserName]

Ah, I think they meant zilitolewa ... please report it if you come across it again.

[Sheilawawe]

Same i think ni kukusanya

[BwanaSimba]

I believe you're right