"He was born in 1985"
Translation:Alizaliwa mwaka elfu moja mia tisa themanini na tano
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Very inconsistent in using "mwaka wa" and the "na" before the final "ones" digit. Please correct all these years of birth so that answers are accepted consistently it is very frustrating to try to remember when you accept which combination for which exercise.
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In the previous question, "tulizaliwa mwaka elfu moja mia tisa na themanini" was the correct answer and leaving out "na" was marked wrong. Could it be that "na" is required before the last number: 10s or 1s.
The lesson material says specifically that it's optional, "mwaka elfu moja mia saba (na)* ishirini", but, apparently not.
numbers are adjectives, some take prefixes and some don't. "elfu moja" = one thousand, "mia tisa" = nine hundred, "themanini na tano" = eighty five. the "na" only goes between the tens and ones digits, unless the last two digits are divisible by ten, in which case it goes between the hundreds and tens digits, and so on.
1352
Would it be possible to break it up and use multiple lines?
mwaka
elfu moja
mia tisa
themanini
na tano
There are other tips that a have 5 lines. Anything is better than having to just guessing repeatedly.