"Panachimbika bila jembe"

Translation: It is dug without a hoe

[adammurad]

Farmers got hoes

[AnUnicorn]

Farmers know all the best hoes.

[Brian999251]

And something tells me this isn't really about holes and hoes.

[KoladeIgba]

1. "Pa" is used as 'it' when one refers to a spot as "it". For example: Panakalika means 'It (this place) can be sat on'.
2. -chimba means to dig.

3. '-ika/-eka' at end of a verb shows the state of an object.
   That state could mean "Something(s) is/are already done.
   = [Subj + Me tense + ika/eka verb ending]
   Or
   Something(s) can be done, is/are do-able, is/are possible....
   = [Subj + na tense + ika/eka verb ending]

4. Therefore, panachimba means, 'It (this spot) can be dug.

I have reported the inappropriate answer provide.

[haba.the.creator]

"it can be dug without a hoe" should also be accepted

[Ulli857413]

you don't Need a hoe to dug here

[vitoreiji]

I though when stative verbs were used in the present tense they would have a "potential" meaning, so this would be "it can be dug without a hoe". Is this not right?

[Ivoryblossum]

Why is "hoe" replaced with three hearts? Did everyone just choose to do this, or is something up with my browser?

[Ernst557459]

No, it's same on my browser (Firefox). Weird. However, in my own reply I get to see the word: hoe

[dsimonds]

Seems kind of silly to censor a perfectly fine word. I suppose it is because h-o-e is a slang word (at least in American English) for sex-worker.

[Renata725212]

Somebody knows what REALLY means this sentence ?

[ane381558]

It means that, you do not need a hand hoe to dig in this particular place/farm

Hand hoes are commonly used in Africa but It could be any other type hoe.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoe_(tool)

[PetterNord]

A hoe ((ma)jembe) is a digging tool used in farming. https://5.imimg.com/data5/PR/XX/MY-21853420/agriculture-hand-hoe-500x500.jpg In this case they manage to dig a hole/canal/something without one. I guess it has the pa- prefix because the hole/canal/something is a place rather than an object.

[Polyglottomaniac]

It means that a place (like mahali or shambani, which demand the prefix pa-) is being dug up/excavated withoud a hoe (farmer's utensil). I hope this helps.

[Klgregonis]

Someone is using something other than a hoe to dig a hole. or a tree. or a weed.

[ane381558]

It means. You don't need a hand hoe to dig in this particular place/farm.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoe_(tool)

[RudolfJan]

It would have been nice to introduce the verb kuchimba first before this not really trivial conjugation. It would make this course more learnable (kujifunzika?)