Cooking & Markets

1. Kino kifumbibwa kitya?

   How is this cooked?

   Usage

   Asking how a dish is cooked.

   Grammar Note

   A passive of okufumba (to cook); okufumba is in Tatoeba and the dictionary; composed from dictionary-verified words by regular grammar; native review advised.

2. Teekamu amafuta matono

   Add just a little oil

   Usage

   Telling someone how much oil to put in.

   Grammar Note

   Okuteekamu (to put in) appears in the dictionary entry for salt (okuteekamu omunnyo); composed from dictionary-verified words by regular grammar; native review advised.

3. Emmere efumbiddwa bulungi

   The food has been cooked well

   Usage

   Saying that food is well cooked.

   Grammar Note

   Emmere (food) and bulungi (good) are common words; efumbiddwa is a perfect passive of okufumba; composed from dictionary-verified words by regular grammar; native review advised.

4. Amafuta g'okufumba

   Cooking oil

   Usage

   Cooking oil; amafuta is the general word for oil or fat.

   Grammar Note

   Amafuta is in the dictionary and lg.wikipedia (82 hits); "for cooking" is ga + okufumba contracted. composed from dictionary-verified words by regular grammar; native review advised.

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