"Mnapika"

Translation:You are cooking

March 14, 2017

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https://www.duolingo.com/profile/John00625

m-na-pika

M- is the subject marker for You(plural)

-na- is the tense marker which is the present tense

-pika is the verb stem, from kupika, which means to cook


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/MuscleMan23

What does (pl) mean?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/AGreatUserName

It's short for "plural" ... they need to indicate it because aside from informal usage (which varies heavily by dialect), English has no way of distinguishing singular (sg) "you" from plural (pl) "you".


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Q.Ayesha

mnapika means you are cooking unapika means i am cooking be aware on the test out quiz it has una and mna meaning you are cooking

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