Tunapaswa kushiriki kazi za nyumbani.

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Breakdown of Tunapaswa kushiriki kazi za nyumbani.

• kazi: the work
• za: of
• kupaswa: to be supposed to

Questions & Answers about Tunapaswa kushiriki kazi za nyumbani.

What does Tunapaswa mean, and how is it built?

Tunapaswa means we should or we are supposed to.

It can be broken down like this:

• tu- = we
• -napaswa = should / ought to / be supposed to

So tunapaswa literally gives the idea of we should.

A useful comparison:

• ninapaswa = I should
• unapaswa = you should
• anapaswa = he/she should
• tunapaswa = we should
• mnapaswa = you all should
• wanapaswa = they should

Why is kushiriki used after tunapaswa?

After tunapaswa, Swahili normally uses the infinitive form of the next verb.

So:

• kushiriki = to share / to participate
• tunapaswa kushiriki = we should share / we should take part in

The ku- at the beginning marks the infinitive, similar to to in English.

Other examples:

• tunapaswa kwenda = we should go
• tunapaswa kusaidia = we should help
• tunapaswa kusoma = we should read