"Majani mabichi hayachomeki"
Translation:Green leaves are unburnable
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In my 58 years of life I have never heard anyone say in any variety of English that something is "unburnable"!!!! Yes something cannot be burnt, is not combustable, is flame resistant......
I am a native English speaker and would say unburnable, but I'm from Wisconsin and we tend to put un- on lots of things. My coworkers give me grief because I "unpeel my bananas" . Google Manitowoc Minute Unthaw for another example.
I think that - fresh ( can be also green ) leaves can't be burnt - is working better :)
Earlier DL states "mafuta inachomeka" means "the oil is flammable", but now I get marked incorrect for translating "majanai mabichi hayachomeki" as the "green leaves are not flammable".
Why is this not acceptable? It portrays the same understanding! I noticed with Swahili one has to literally state verbatim what the language translation has been programmed as. Duolingo Team, please look into this
BTW, my response was "Green leaves cannot be burnt" and was marked wrong
