"She does not like the teacher's game."

Translation: Hapendi mchezo wa mwalimu.

[Patricia620188]

Hi
If i put yeye at the beginning of the sentence , would that also be correct?

[Gitau_Maina]

"Yeye hapendi mchezo wa mwalimu." Is also correct. It means "He/She doesn't like the teacher's game."

"Hapendi mchezo wa mwalimu." Also means "He/She doesn't like the teacher's game."

The first one is more specific and refers to a person mentioned before in a conversation.

The second one is less specific. If you're talking to someone and just say "Hapendi mchezo wa mwalimu." without any context, they won't know who you're referring to. And in turn will ask "Who?" ("Nani?"In Swahili).

Hope that helps.

[Melanie217796]

Thank you very much for the explanation. Duolingo says yeye hapendi... is not correct, although I think that it is

[tre1103]

I tried that, but it wasn't accepted.

[Chiedzo]

I also thought Yeye hapendi mchezo wa Mwalimu shld also be correct

[JosephEnos]

What does 'wa' mean?

[machieng]

of. 'Mchezo wa mwalimu' - 'Game of the teacher'

[Abdllhdygt]

it doesn't accept "yeye hapendi mchezo wa mwalimu"

[iongantas]

yeye hapendi mchezo wa mwalimu
This was not accepted. Why does putting the explicit pronoun make this wrong? I don't think it should.

[KareemRaad]

Can someone please comment on when it is mchezi and when mchezo?

[machieng]

Mchezi is not a word. Game = Mchezo

[Stins13]

I'm a novice at Swahili, so I can only comment on what I've learned in Duolingo. But you may be thinking of the negative forms of the verb "to play" (specifically the 2nd person plural):

Unacheza = you play
Huchezi = you don't play
Mcheza = you all play
Hamchezi = you all don't play

[Stins13]

Sorry, that formatting is hard to follow.

[Suzie-vdg.]

why is it not sinapenda?

[VincentOostelbos]

The negative requires a number of changes relative to the positive form of a verb (see the tips and notes for the lesson "Present tense"):

• You're right that you use the negative form of the subject prefix, but si- is the negative first person singular pronoun, so that would go with "I do not like" rather than "She does not like". For "She does not like", use the negative third person singular pronoun, which is ha-;
• Also, there is no tense sign, so the -na- drops out;
• Finally, if the last vowel is an "a", it changes to "i" (so -penda becomes -pendi).

So: hapendi.

[rjhargrav]

Isn't it hampendi mchezo wa mwalimu, not hapendi etc?

[machieng]

Please see 'Pronouns' under Swahili Masterpost

[iongantas]

hampendi is "you all do not like"