"I am afraid of a scorpion"
Translation:Ninaogopa ng'e
1/21/2018, 5:03:50 PM
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Yeah, ng'e is one of the few errors in the Swahili in this course. It's definitely nge.
Nge is pronounced [ˈŋ̩.gɛ] (two syllables) whereas "ng'e" would be pronounced [ŋɛ] (one syllable) and all nouns, verbs and adjectives need at least two syllables so that they can have a stressed syllable.
1/29/2018, 11:25:48 PM
