Breakdown of Anafanya kazi katika kitengo hiki.
katika
in
hiki
this
kufanya kazi
to work
kitengo
the department; unit
Questions & Answers about Anafanya kazi katika kitengo hiki.
What does anafanya mean, and how is it built?
Anafanya breaks down like this:
- a- = he/she
- -na- = present tense, often understood as is/are
- -fanya = do / make
So anafanya literally means he/she is doing or he/she does.
In this sentence, it combines with kazi to give the idiomatic meaning works / is working.
Why does anafanya kazi mean works?
In Swahili, kufanya kazi is the normal expression for to work.
- kufanya = to do
- kazi = work
So literally it is something like to do work, but in natural English we usually translate it simply as to work.
That means:
- anafanya kazi = he/she works or he/she is working
Does a- in anafanya mean he or she?