Thread:Translating talk:MediaWiki/About MediaWiki:Pageinfo-recent-edits/en/reply (4)

Another message with durations in it which is not possible to translate properly in Swahili is Mediawiki:Ago/en. The word for 'ago' is a verb which has to agree with the variable in the message, for example 'sekunde 1 iliyopita', 'sekunde 2 zilizopita', 'saa 1 lililopita', 'masaa 2 yaliyopita'. If the variable were any one of second(s), minute(s), hour(s), day(s) all would be well. Unfortunately, the variable is a combination of any number of these, rendering the message untranslateable with correct grammar (impossible to predict to which of second/minute/hour/day the word 'ago' has to agree).