"Nyimbo nzuri"

Translation: Nice songs

[BrainyPirate]

pretty was marked wrong, Jan 2018

[Catriona28475]

Why is the adjective prefix "n-"?

The tips and notes say that the prefixes for the -a of association for the U/N noun class are w- for the singular nouns and z- for the plural nouns, and that the possessive pronoun in the U/N noun class also uses the prefix w- for singular and z- for plural nouns.

But I haven't found a clear rule about adjective prefixes. What would be the correct prefix for the singular "wimbo (-)zuri"?
Where is this explained?

I found a really good cheat sheet on adjectives (https://www2.ku.edu/~kiswahili/pdfs/lesson_24.pdf) from the University of Kansas, but actually I am still pretty lost when it comes to adjective agreement in many noun classes. Any help would be appreciated!

[AGreatUserName]

wimbo mzuri
nyimbo nzuri

I'm pretty sure any resource that tells you about Swahili adjectives will tell you that u- nouns take adjectives with m-

In the plural, nyimbo is a class 10 noun (same as the plural of N/N nouns, classes 9/10) and adjectives that begin with d j g z r l take "n" (with "nr" and "nl" becoming "nd") and adjectives starting with b v w take "m" (with "mw" becoming "mb").

[Catriona28475]

Thanks for the clarification!
I did later find the U agreement "m-" in the Adjectives lesson tips:
https://www.duolingo.com/skill/sw/Adjectives/tips-and-notes

Those class 10 agreements are mind-boggling though. I'd better do that lesson again (and again, probably).