"Istriku batuk sudah tiga hari."

Translation: My wife has had a cough for three days.

[batguano]

would "My wife had a cough for three days" be correct?

[XavierLamb9]

I'm curious, if I included "selama" in the sentence would it also be correct?

[tuanle163158]

how can you "have 1 cough" for three days? That a really long cough. "has been coughing" would have been a better translation.