"Mnakula"

Translation: You are eating

[DavidLamb53073]

Why is "You eat" counted as incorrect? Is there a difference in Swahili between "You eat" and "You are eating"?

[jemef]

Report it; the two English tenses correctly translate so in Swahili.
As you know, 'wewe/ninyi hukula:' "you eat (habitually)."

[DavidLamb53073]

Thank you. I thought that was probably the case but I am just a beginner!

[BlossomAllegro]

Why is 'you all eat' accepted and 'you guys eat' not? They're used interchangeably (to indicate a plural you) where I live.

[jemef]

Surely correct where you live, as you explain - no need not to translate so there. DL sìmply hasn't all colloquialisms.

[JudithJane]

Reporting that "you eat" should be accepted, AUgust, 2021