Sitafanya hivyo kamwe.

to do

Breakdown of Sitafanya hivyo kamwe.

• hivyo: so
• kamwe: never

Questions & Answers about Sitafanya hivyo kamwe.

Why is sitafanya written as one word?

Because in Swahili, subject markers, tense markers, negation, and the verb root are usually combined into a single verb form.

sitafanya can be broken down like this:

• si- = I do not / I will not (negative marker for I)
• -ta- = future tense
• -fanya = do / make

So sitafanya means I will not do.

How do I break down the whole sentence word by word?

A simple breakdown is:

• sitafanya = I will not do
• hivyo = that / like that / so
• kamwe = never / ever

So the whole sentence means something like I will never do that or I will not do that ever.

Why is there both si- and kamwe? Don’t they both make it negative?