"Vuli ni mwezi wa kumi na mwezi wa kumi na moja"

Translation: The short rains season is in October and November

[AndyCole9]

Equatorial seasons are so different to those in temperate climes that it would be better just to use the Swahili word, imho.
c.f. our old friend 'ugali'.

[Nas165792]

Autumn should be accepted.

[AGreatUserName]

No, I'd call it spring if I had to compare it to a season I'm familiar with. It comes after kipupwe, winter.

[Brian999251]

The hover-over suggests autumn. Maybe that's because of its proximity to autumn in the north. (3/2020)

[AndyCole9]

Previously, the answer to 'vuli' was given as 'the season of short rains'; this was rejected here - and, also previously, 'autumn' was translated as 'vuli', but the reverse translation was rejected.

[wellspring3]

Shouldn't it be short rainy season are in october and november

[machieng]

that implies 'short season of rain'

[ebomalley20521]

Vili is defined as Autumn early and then later changed as mentioned below, I agree that short rains is a more meaningful translation so autumn should be removed early on

[Judy928846]

I agree. The descriptions are much more useful than misleading names of seasons. From now on I will tell my fingers to reject the summer, winter, autumn suggestions I had previously packed in my head. I hope that will be more accurate and keep DuoLingo happy as well!