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- "Tunatunza maparachichi."
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Trees and plants are in the m-/mi- class
parachichi = avocado (fruit)
maparachichi = avocados (fruit)
mparachichi = avocado tree
miparachichi = avocado trees
embe = mango (fruit)
maembe = mangoes (fruit)
mwembe = mango tree
miembe = mango trees
chungwa = orange (fruit)
machungwa = oranges (fruit)
mchungwa = orange tree
michungwa = orange trees
zabibu = grape(s) (fruit)
mzabibu = grape vine
mizabibu = grape vines
nazi = coconut(s) (fruit)
mnazi = coconut palm / coconut tree
minazi = coconut palms / trees
tangawizi = ginger (root vegetable/spice)
mtangawizi = ginger plant
mitangawizi = ginger plants
zeituni = olive(s)
mzeituni = olive tree
mizeituni = olive trees
Exception:
ndizi = banana(s)
mgomba = banana plant
migomba = banana plant
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Couldn't this be "growing" avocados? This "caring" business burdens me with guilt. We cut our avocado tree a few years back. Now, the sentence is making me feel like a bad person.