"One year is twelve months"

Translation:Mwaka mmoja ni miezi kumi na mbili

July 26, 2018

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https://www.duolingo.com/profile/DeborahvBeek

In another exercise it says miwili and mbili is wrong! This one is the opposite!


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Malvazija

I'm writing down all the answers and before miwili was correct and now it's mbili.So which one is it???


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Mr_Kasanje_146

Shouldn't it be "miezi kumi na miwili"?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/machieng

I'm always forgetful of which numbers need noun class prefixes, but I believe you're right


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/AGreatUserName

According to the Bakita rules it's all numbers ending in -moja, mbili/-wili, -tatu, -nne, -tano ... and -nane. A lot of people only do it for these numbers below ten though.


[deactivated user]

    The old grammar books teach you "viti kumi na viwili". The first time a native speaker heard me say that he laughed his head off. I started saying "viti kumi na mbili" :)


    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Ernst557459

    Well, it seems that both are used. A Google search for "kumi na wawili" yields 320,000 hits, kumi na miwili 60,000, kumi na viwili 14,000, whereas kumi na mbili gives just over 1 million hits. But the latter would include all the N/N class plurals. So, maybe your native should keep a level head on not detach it to readily :)

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