"Tulishakula matunda"

Translation: We had already eaten fruit

[BwanaSimba]

There's an error in the text. "Tulishakula" means "We finished eating", if you want to say "We have already eaten" you should say "Tumeshakula".

[machieng]

Their translation is also valid

[Cognocto]

Based on the Tips & Notes, should this not be We already ate fruits.?

[machieng]

in case someone is reading this later, yes, this is correct, and is now accepted

[ZanninaMargariti]

Have eaten it's with me tense right???

[juryrigging]

There is a difference between "have eaten" and "had eaten".

[ElDoctr]

Is this "had eaten" or "had already eaten"? Is "already" an embellishment or a real part of the meaning?

[machieng]

this would be 'had already eaten', with the infix '-sha-' representing 'already', whereas 'we had eaten fruit', would be 'tulikuwa tumekula matunda'. However, past participle is not very commonly used in Swahili without '-sha-'

[CeeCeeSong]

In English, "fruit" would have an article: the, some or that.

[machieng]

not necessarily, especially in its plural form. 'I am eating fruit' is a complete sentence

[BrunoGrgurevic]

So, tumeshakula= we had already eaten(but maybe not fully)
Tulishakula=we have already eaten(finished and ate all)??

[machieng]

You have the 2 switched:

• Tumeshakula - We have already eaten
• Tulishakula - We had already eaten

Neither is an indication of how much was eaten, just that the action of eating was completed