Corrections · 2
Mambo, Sergio? Sounds like a fantastic trip, and your Swahili is really good! I'm impressed that you're using the relative infix in your writing (waliOzungumza)--that was really hard for me to understand. Safi sana. I am not a native Swahili speaker, but I am at an advanced level and have been studying for years. I'll correct where I see issues because it will hopefully be helpful for both of us. I hope that any native speakers that come along will call me out if any of my corrections are misleading! Let me know if you have questions.
Wiki mbili zilizopita nilitembelea Galapagos. Kisiwa ni nzuri pazuri sana. Niliona kobe wengi na niliweza kuogelea katika bahari.Nilikula kambamti kwa mara ya kwanza katika maisha yangu. Nilikutana na watu wengi waliozungumza kijerumani na kiingereza, lakini hakuna hakukuwa na mtu watu wowote alizungumza waliozungumza kiswahili :(
[1] "Kisiwa" is referring to a place, so it's in the locative class (I can't remember the class number). Places usually take the pa- prefix for adjectives, e.g., "Mahali hapa ni pazuri!"
[2] You're speaking in the past-tense (waLIozungumza), so you should be consistent. To say "there were no," in the past tense, you should say "hakukuwa na ____" because the first "ku" is to mark the negative past tense, and the second "ku" goes with the single syllable verb "wa."
[3] You should say "there weren't any people," so it's plural "watu." To say "watu wowote" is to say "any people."
[4] I made this match the plural "watu" and added the plural relative infix "o" so that its "people which speak."
Kazi njema na safari njema!
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