"Nitakula mpaka nitakufa!"

Translation: I will eat until I die!

[Jb11131999]

does mpaka here have a prefix or is the word always "mpaka"?

[DiegoJaviUnlam]

Very good question! When "mpaka" is a noun (border) then the plural is "mipaka". ;)

From Wiktionary: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mpaka

[DBall2814]

At first glance, I thought this was going to say "I will eat a cat (paka)..." lol

[_nmordaunt]

Interesting that the "I die" part also has to be in the future tense.

[KedgeVitir]

Does it necessarily have to be future, or would having it in the present tense change the meaning?

[AernJardos]

Is this an idiom for I am very hungry like the English "I could eat a horse"?

[machieng]

more like hyperbole, but yes