Breakdown of Juma alijua kinyume cha “baridi”, lakini hakujua kisawe cha “haraka”.
Juma
Juma
lakini
but
kujua
to know
cha
of
Questions & Answers about Juma alijua kinyume cha “baridi”, lakini hakujua kisawe cha “haraka”.
How is this sentence put together grammatically?
It has two main clauses joined by lakini (but):
- Juma alijua kinyume cha baridi
- lakini hakujua kisawe cha haraka
A rough structure is:
- Juma = subject
- alijua = knew
- kinyume cha baridi = the opposite of baridi
- lakini = but
- hakujua = did not know
- kisawe cha haraka = the synonym of haraka
So the pattern is basically:
Subject + verb + object/complement, lakini + negative verb + object/complement
What does alijua mean, and how is it formed?
Alijua means he knew.
It can be broken down like this:
- a- = he/she
- -li- = past tense
- jua = know
So:
a-li-jua = he/she knew
Because the subject is Juma, here it means Juma knew.
Why is hakujua different from alijua?