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- "Mfereji wa maji machafu"
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Because it's a canal of dirty water, not a dirty canal of water.
maji machafu = dirty water (ma class)
mfereji mchafu = dirty canal (m-mi class)
There's a table showing all the forms here https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chafu
Mick554787
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I understand the word Mfereji to be both canal and pipe. Hence Mfereji wa mani machafu should translate as a dirty water pipe ?