"Have a good morning"

Translation: Asubuhi njema

[DavidThoma903457]

"Habari za asubuhi?" is a question, not a statement. Right? Asking someone how their morning is going, not wishing them a good morning.

[Gazelle1596]

Yes, but being a standardized form it fulfills the function of both (possible English) forms.

[MaritzaMam6]

I can't seem to tell the difference as when to use mwema and njema. It's all the same to me

[Gazelle1596]

Generally: You only use "mwema" for people/animals (living beings) and words beginning with m- or u-.
"njema" is for class 9/10 (N-class) only, but it's a large class and has very few nouns only with m-/to whom the above would apply.
(There are other forms as there are 16/18 classes; or half - depending on the classification system one uses :) )
These two are the most common - hope that helped!

[Blippie1]

that didn't help at all.

[Gazelle1596]

So Swahili's noun classes are keys to adjectives and verbs - here's a table:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swahili_language#Agreement
And more description:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes
It takes some time to work it out and get into. Sorry :)

[francaisjoachim]

Thanks for trying your best to help us out! I appreciate it!

[LisaEeyore]

So "Habari ya asubuhi" means "good morning" or "Are you having a good morning?" but "Have a good morning" would be "Asubuhi njema" - is this right?

[machieng]

Yup!

[gabyjones9]

I keep writing "Ashubhi njema" for good morning but the app keeps refusing my answer. Then it corrects me with the same answer. Think there is a glitch...

[machieng]

are you spelling it correctly?

[Nixx697776]

Habari za asubuhi. Why is this wrong?

[machieng]

'habari za asubuhi' is a greeting asking someone about their morning