Topic: Swahili

"Esther hapendi kuruka kamba"

Translation:Esther does not like to skip rope

September 24, 2017

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https://www.duolingo.com/lizlooney
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What!? Who doesn't like skipping?

September 24, 2017
https://www.duolingo.com/AGreatUserName

    Esther apparently ...

    September 24, 2017
    https://www.duolingo.com/Renata725212

      Hmm... I prefer to swim.

      October 10, 2017
      https://www.duolingo.com/SimonandNe

        Again, skipping and skipping rope are different things, at least in America.

        October 22, 2018
        https://www.duolingo.com/piguy3
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        Yeah, "kamba" means "rope," so I would think this is just about jumping rope. Maybe "skipping" by itself means "jumping rope" in Tanzanian English? Or they just left a word off in the translation?

        November 13, 2018
        https://www.duolingo.com/Alan806886

          In the U.K. we would just say ‘skip’, never ‘skip rope’.

          March 5, 2019
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