"Tofautisha katika nishati joto na nishati mwendo."
Translation:Compare thermal energy and kinetic energy.
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When this is an audio exercise, I hear a "ya" between "nishati" and "joto." Does anyone else hear that? Am I just misunderstanding how "joto" is pronounced?
Yes, the ya is definitely there in the audio. And it is wrong: I checked with my contacts at the Dept. of Physics at USDM, and nishati joto is the correct expression for thermal energy
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I am also hearing "Tofautisha kati ya…." which could be translated as "compare between".
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The word "katika" in thw text is rendered as "kati ya" in the audio. Reported Nov 16, 2019
Yup, but I think that the audio is correct Swahili (kati ya), whereas the written text is wrong (katika). One example on Glossbe:
Ikiwa ni vigumu kwetu kutofautisha kati ya vitu tunavyotaka na mahitaji halisi... -> 'If we have difficulty distinguishing between what we want and what we truly need...'
There are many more examples there using kati ya, and only one with katika.
Sounds like this sentence came from someone's physics exam. I'd've liked to see some science fiction references here.
Well, if there's anyone who doesn't, maybe this will help clear it up since the Swahili translations are more transparent than the English ones which come from Greek words.
I've seen people mention that the content and structure of Duolingo courses are sometimes influenced by the volunteers that create the courses. Swahili was initially spearheaded by Peace Corps Tanzania, which has a lot of volunteers teaching secondary math and science (including Physics).
There is definitely a 'ya' between nishati and joto. Needs changing some time
Thanks for this Science bit.....enjoying it. Not so talented with language so along with numbers time etc this makes it so more interesting. The Swahili speaker does it all very fast. Wide open ears help a lot but while learning the language slow speaking audios might be helpful.
is the translation correct? kutofautisha means distinguish and kulinganisha means compare. It is not a very big difference,but the two verbs have a different meaning.
Yeah, -tofautisha is like differentiate, distuinguish, contrast. It serves the same purpose in an instruction, but it's not exactly the same as it's focusing on the differences whereas "compare" (-linganisha) is focusing on the similarities. That's why "compare and contrast" is often used as a set phrase.
Based upon all the comments above, can we agree that the correct answer should be: "Tofautisha kati ya nishati joto na nishati mwendo"
Def sonething amiss with audio; I wish there was the option for a "slow" audio as there is in other Duolingo courses!