"If you had boiled tea, you would have drunk it with bread"

Translation: Ungalichemsha chai ungalikunywa na mkate

[jemef]

"--- drunk IT --- ,"

strictly speaking:

"--- ungaliikunywa --- ;"

though colloquially:

"--- ungalikunywa ---."

[Deddy56150]

Sounds like an excellent explanation to me!

[GunthardHa]

what is the difference between kuchemsha and kuchemka pease ?

[machieng]

'chemsha' - 'to boil' (as in, perform the act of boiling). Needs subject and object

• Ninachemsha chai - I am boiling (the) tea
• Nimechemsha chai - I have boiled (the) tea

'chemka' - 'to boil' (as in, to be in the process of or having been boiled, depending on the tense). Object becomes subject

• Chai imechemka - the tea is/has boiled
• Chai inachemka - the tea is boiling

this can also be in passive voice, 'chemshwa' i.e. 'to be boiled'. Object comes first, can omit subject

• Chai imechemshwa - the tea has been boiled
• Chai inachemshwa - the tea is being boiled

[aboutpurpo]

Why isn't an object infix necessary here? It seems it should be "ungalikikunywa "

[machieng]

the emphasis is not needed since you're talking about tea in general, not specifics. Also, if you were to include an infix it would be "ungaliikunywa", since tea is uncountable

[Davy_in_Kenya]

Thanks

[TessEwing1]

That was my thought, too, but it was marked incorrect

[MamaMuziki]

Annoying..I used the ural you and it wasn't accepted