"Mizizi inaingia nyumbani!"

Translation: The roots are entering the house!

[vtopphol]

Is this a very awkward way of expressing that your parents and grandparents are visiting?

[TessEwing1]

:)

[Catriona28475]

My mother's house has two huge trees outside, and their roots have affected the foundations. Now one door doesn't close properly. (This is in rural England, btw.)

[PandorasGirl]

It either means you're bringing the potatoes in or it is the reason the basement is leaking. I'm not exactly sure.

[Nsikan9]

I'm thinking they're trees around the house and the roots from the trees are somehow getting through the house

[lizlooney]

"The roots are entering the house" is that something that someone would actually say?

[giraffe__]

yes, you would say it if roots were getting into a house

[whsndstalb]

Nature strikes back

[JLBoutin]

I keep getting corrected for not including the definite article. Mzizi can be "the roots" or just "roots", so I wonder why both answers are not accepted. Any ideas ndugu?

[gigymbodze]

Mzizi is singular
Mizizi is plural

[TessEwing1]

So, "into the house" is the same as "home". Would "into my home" still be "nyumbani yangu"? I assume it's not "nyumbanini yangu"?

[Catriona28475]

"Nyumba" means house.
"Nyumbani" means "to the house / into the house / in the house / at home", so I would guess that you don't need to add anything to "nyumbani yangu" (= into the house of mine) to say "into my home".

[duoKalle]

Is this one of those weird duolingo sentences or something that acctually makes sence?

[SimonWerman]

It may not make sense if you live in a city, but it certainly does make sense where there are trees and houses!