"Tupe matunda"

Translation: Give us fruits

[billhatcher]

I rarely hear the word "fruits" to indicate the plural of fruit. A basket of fruit is understood to mean that it contains several individual units of fruit.

[MfonUdoiny]

This reminds me of the Swahili tongue-twister "tupe chupa tupu"

[MfonUdoiny]

"Which means, "give us empty bottle"

[lizlooney]

Would "We have to give fruits" also be correct?

[AGreatUserName]

Well, sort of ... except that kupa basically has to have the object marked, the person/people who are receiving something. You could say tuwape matunda "We should give them fruit", for example, but tu--pe, without an object, is more likely to (or has to?) be interpreted as --tupe, without a subject (meaning that the subject must be u-).

I also really disagree with the "have to" interpretation this course uses for the subjunctive, but that's another point.

[BenMack8]

The use of the word "fruits," in the context is incorrect.

[TurboIntercooler]

Give us the fruits, is wrong???

[Graham932070]

I agree with you - give us fruits or give us the fruits - what is the difference?