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The title says "Shule ya ufundi" and right below it, the first line of text says "Shule za ufundi." Which is correct?

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ya is singular and za is plural

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Agreed. So why is it singular in the title, and plural in the text?  

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I have no idea, because it's not our passage. Titled vocational school, with header vocational schools; inconsistent perhaps, but not grammatically incorrect

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Different topic:

  In the sentence, "Katika shule za ufundi wanafunzi hufundishwa ufindi chuma . . . " I thought the "hu" prefix would make it negative?

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Hu can also mean habitual, as it does here. It depends on context.

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