"Are they large?"
Translation:Ni wanene?
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Obvious from the context, also apparently unneeded for clarification or emphasis. Another way to look at it is that the sentence 'inherits' the meaning by its own current structure.
Kindly know that I am making a suggestion based on the grammar I have learned so far, but that I am still a just a beginner.
Another possibility is that 'Wao' (they) may only refer to people, and that the sentence may also refer to something inanimate -as DeLogosarda has wisely asked below P.S.: The only dumb question is the one not asked!
Is "Wao ni wakubwa?" also able to be used? Or does "wanene" Specifically mean large?
I've only completed People and I got this wrong for not including Je. I haven't learned Je yet.
I'm wondering if large is really the best translation for -nene? It is also taught as "fat" and this really makes the lesson "wanene wachache" make more sense to me.
That being said big, large, and fat can all mean the same thing in English so I wonder if they're pretty synonymous in kiswahili too.
P.S. here because i used -kubwa to see what would happen
I thought wanene was fat, while wakubwa was large or big? I'm confused why "are they large" would be ni wanene instead of ni wakubwa
For "Wao Ni wanene", I don't think the second word should be capitalized (right?). Sadly, I could not report it (only option was "The English sentence is unnatural or has an error".
I know it's minor, but any small thing helps to make the course look better and higher quality overall.
For word picking this was probably correct since they hint beginning of the sentence with capitalization.
Ni wanene is perfectly valid implying they, "(they) are large"
This is not correct. For another lesson I asked and Machien replied nene is fat and cannot be translated with big. This really is confusing and should be corrected.