Word
Watoto wanateremka mteremko polepole.
Meaning
The children are going down the slope slowly.
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Breakdown of Watoto wanateremka mteremko polepole.
mtoto
the child
polepole
slowly
mteremko
the slope
kuteremka
to go down
Questions & Answers about Watoto wanateremka mteremko polepole.
What does each word in Watoto wanateremka mteremko polepole literally correspond to in English?
Very literally:
- Watoto – children (plural of mtoto – child)
- wa- (in wanateremka) – subject prefix for they (for people/animals, noun class 1/2)
- -na- – present tense marker (“are / do”)
- -teremka – verb root meaning to go down / descend
- mteremko – slope, incline, downhill
- polepole – slowly
So the structure is roughly:
Children they-are-descending slope slowly.
Why is it watoto and not just toto for “children”? How is the plural formed?