"Rashidi was born in two thousand and five"

Translation: Rashidi alizaliwa mwaka elfu mbili na tano

[SarahReed837659]

The word 'mwaka' is not mentioned in this sentence.

[machieng]

it's typically how the year is said in Swahili. Otherwise 'Rashidi alizaliwa elfu mbili na tano' doesn't really make sense/is incomplete

[ScorpioGir5]

And that's exactly how I wrote it because the sentence didn't mention Rashidi was born in the year. So, I wrote Rashidi alizaliwa elfu mbili na tano and it was marked wrong! It was my last question but I passed all three skills to earn Mastery! Wheew

[Jurekkolas]

And in other exercises when it was omitted in one language, it was also omitted in the other.

[AloeVery]

Yes, it stands in for "in the year" 2005

[HelgaSoff]

amezaliwa or alizaliwa - does it matter which prefix you use?

[juryrigging]

Yes. You would get away with saying mtoto amezaliwa if you were talking about a baby that has just been born. Anyone born earlier than that you would use alizaliwa.

[Keith823443]

This is ridiculous! I answer correctly, you say I'm wrong!!!!

[ScorpioGir5]

I didn't write wa and it's marked correct. I just noticed it's included.