"He will visit Zanzibar"

Translation: Atatembelea Zanzibar

[TessEwing1]

Why is this future? Why isn't it "he is visiting Zanzibar"?

[machieng]

I'm confused. From what I can see, the sentence given is "he will visit Zanzibar", which is what you're meant to translate to Swahili

[TessEwing1]

Yes, but we haven't learned the future yet. So I tried "Anaenda kutembelea Zanzibar" and that was not accepted. Then I translated it as "anatembelea Zanzibar", and wasn't marked wrong. Maybe it was taken as a typo?

[AGreatUserName]

The future tense is indicated with -ta-

Present:
Anatembelea ... = S/he visits / S/he is visiting ...

Future:
Atatembelea ... = S/he will visit / S/he is going to visit