Daktari alisema ufizi wangu unauma kidogo leo.

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Breakdown of Daktari alisema ufizi wangu unauma kidogo leo.

• wangu: my
• kusema: to say
• daktari: the doctor

Questions & Answers about Daktari alisema ufizi wangu unauma kidogo leo.

Why is it alisema? What are the parts of that verb?

Alisema breaks down as:

• a- = he/she
• -li- = past tense
• -sema = say

So Daktari alisema means the doctor said or a doctor said, depending on context.

If it were plural, you would normally get madaktari walisema = the doctors said.

Why is there no word for that after alisema?

In Swahili, kwamba = that, but it is often optional after verbs like say, know, think, and hear.

So both of these are natural:

• Daktari alisema ufizi wangu unauma kidogo leo.
• Daktari alisema kwamba ufizi wangu unauma kidogo leo.

The second one is a little more explicit, but the first is very normal.

Why does the verb still have a subject marker if Daktari is already there?