Breakdown of Tulifurahi kuruhusiwa kuogelea baharini.
Questions & Answers about Tulifurahi kuruhusiwa kuogelea baharini.
Tulifurahi breaks down as follows:
• tu- = subject prefix “we”
• -li- = past tense marker
• furahi = verb root “be happy”
Together, Tulifurahi means “we were happy.”
• kuruhusu = “to allow” (active infinitive of ruhusu)
• kuruhusiwa = “to be allowed” (passive infinitive)
The suffix -wa turns the verb passive, so kuruhusiwa literally means “to be allowed.”
Each verb infinitive in Swahili takes its own ku- prefix:
- ku-ruhusiwa = “to be allowed”
- ku-ogelea = “to swim”
They’re independent infinitives linked by meaning (“to be allowed to swim”).
• ku- = infinitive marker (“to …”)
• ogelea = verb root for “swim” (intransitive)
So kuogelea means “to swim.”
• bahari = “sea”
• -ni = locative suffix (“in/at/on”)
Together, baharini means “in the sea.”
Use walituruhusu kuogelea baharini:
• wa- = “they” (class 2 subject)
• li- = past tense
• tu- = “us” (object prefix)
• ruhusu = “allow”
• kuogelea baharini = “to swim in the sea”
Change tu-li-furahi to tu-na-furahi (present tense):
Tunafurahi kuruhusiwa kuogelea baharini
• na- = present tense marker (“are”)
Adjust the subject to ni- and add -li- for past:
Nilifurahi kuruhusiwa kuogelea baharini
• ni- = “I”
• -li- = past tense marker on the verb “be happy”