I don't understand where the "when" comes from. I thought "po" was a locative, so it would be "I read where the baby sleeps"
-po- or -pa- can refer to time or place! context usually makes it clear.
Should be ... I usually read when baby sleeps.... Where is the habitual part in this unit????
When I read "mtoto," I think "child," suggesting one that runs around and plays in the yard. "Mtoto mdogo" might better refer to baby/infant.
Thanks, Tyler. I looked it up and found mchanga in my dictionary. Mtoto mdogo must be a colloquial term used in NW TZ, where I lived, because mchanga seems to be the more widely used term.
August 18'.. is the sentence right now as "mimi husoma mtoto anapolala"? Shouldn't it be "ninasoma mtoto anapolala" or something like that? I mean, how came that "husoma"?
Hi, "hu-" is a verb prefix for habitual tense, that is to say, something that occurs frequently. This verb tense has the feature of not carrying person prefixes, so its forms for verb -soma would be "Mimi husoma", "Wewe husoma", "Yeye husoma" and so on.