"Our mosques"

Translation:Misikiti yetu

September 25, 2018

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

When is it yetu & not yenu?


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

'yetu' is 'our', 'yenu' is 'your' plural


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ScorpioGir5

Misikiti or misikitini. I know the latter was used in a previous lesson and I'm not imagining it.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Antonio860806

I believe the final NI is a locative and means "in the mosque." You may also have found mkutanoNI for (at the) meeting.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Caroline125355

Why not Misikiti zetu? As misikiti is plural? Thanks!


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

Noun classes are essential to being able to understand how to correctly determine prefixes of verbs/adjectives/adverbs etc.

The word 'msikiti' is in the noun class 'U/I', and as such you'll have:

Msikiti ule ni wetu - Misikiti ile ni yetu

'Zetu' would be used for the plural form of nouns in the noun classes:

'U/Zi' (e.g. Ukuta wetu una ufa - Kuta zetu zina nyufa)

'I/Zi' (e.g. Nyumba yetu ni safi - Nyumba zetu ni safi)

Side note, most (if not all) nouns in the noun class 'I/Zi' remain the same in singular and plural


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

Also this belongs to the M/Mi class right?

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