"Grandfather how did you wake up?"

Translation: Babu umeamkaje?

[Dealanach]

Typed babu umeamkaje and was told I was wrong. When the q came around again I typed the same thing and was told I was right. ??

[wbeeman]

What is the function of ume- ?

[machieng]

u- is the verb prefix for second person. -me- is for present perfect tense. 'ume-' translates to 'you have'

[machieng]

it's a shortened version of 'umeamka aje'? Directly translates to 'you-have-woken-up how?'

[Gemmade]

the English translation is unnatural how did you sleep would be better

[layanthony06]

How did you sleep is already a word-umelalaje