"Tofautisha kisayansi"

Translation: Differentiate scientifically

[YoungGreg1]

I just realised that I'm learning big scientific words like this but still haven't learnt the Swahili words for Yes or No! LOL

[vtopphol]

Yes - ndiyo/naam
No - hapana/siyo/la

[Gzeebzee]

-tofautisha is this all verb root?

[John00625]

It's in the imperative form, which is just the verb stem without any inflection

[Ernst557459]

Kutofautsiha: to contrast, to distinguish, to make a distinction.

[RudolfJan]

This sucks. I'm missing context here. Why do we need to lear this word? How is it used? I have no idea and the dictionary hint is not accepted as a proper translation.

[PetterNord]

What I get from here is to differentiate between the noun "sayansi" (science) and the adjective/adverb "kisayansi" (scientific/scientifically). From that, I get that "kisayasi" must be affecting the verb "tofautisha" here.

Since "tofautisha" means compare/differentiate, the sentence must be
a. Compare (these things) scientifically!, or
b. Differentiate (these things) scientifically

(Which is what I'm now trying to do with the possible answers.) I think it is a functioning example. For me, the answer is also respresented in the dictionary hints.