Usitupe kiporo cha pizza; tunaweza kukipasha kesho asubuhi.

Usitupe is a negative command to one person: don’t throw away.

A useful breakdown is:

• usi- = negative command marker for you (singular)
• -tupe = the verb -tupa in the subjunctive-style form used after this negative command pattern

So:

• kutupa = to throw
• usitupe = don’t throw

This is a very common pattern in Swahili:

• usifanye = don’t do
• usiseme = don’t say
• usitupe = don’t throw away

It is singular: you are telling one person not to throw it away.

If you were speaking to more than one person, you would say:

• Msitupe kiporo cha pizza...

So the contrast is:

• usitupe = don’t throw away (one person)
• msitupe = don’t throw away (more than one person)

Kiporo means leftover food, a leftover portion, or food left from an earlier meal.

In this sentence, kiporo cha pizza means the leftover pizza, or literally the leftover portion of pizza.

It is a noun in the ki-/vi- class:

• kiporo = leftover (singular)
• viporo = leftovers (plural)

So you could also hear:

• viporo vya pizza = leftover pieces/portions of pizza

Because cha has to agree with kiporo, not with pizza.

In Swahili, the of-link changes depending on the noun class of the first noun. Since kiporo is in the ki-/vi- noun class, the linker is:

• cha for singular
• vya for plural

So:

• kiporo cha pizza = leftover of pizza
• viporo vya pizza = leftovers of pizza

If the first noun belonged to a different noun class, you would use a different linker, such as wa, ya, la, etc.

Because pizza is the second noun in the phrase, and in this structure the important agreement is shown on cha, not on pizza itself.

So:

• kiporo cha pizza
• viporo vya pizza

The word pizza stays the same. This is very normal, especially with loanwords.

Tunaweza means we can or we are able to.

Breakdown:

• tu- = we
• -na- = present tense
• -weza = be able / can

So:

• tunaweza = we can

Examples:

• Tunaweza kwenda = we can go
• Tunaweza kula = we can eat
• Tunaweza kukipasha = we can heat it / warm it up

Because after kuweza (can / be able to), Swahili normally uses the infinitive of the next verb.

So the pattern is:

• kuweza + ku-verb

Examples:

• naweza kwenda = I can go
• wanaweza kusoma = they can study
• tunaweza kukipasha = we can warm it up

Here, kukipasha is the infinitive verb phrase.

The ki is an object marker meaning it, referring back to kiporo.

Breakdown:

• ku- = infinitive marker
• ki- = it (for a singular noun in the ki-/vi- class)
• -pasha = warm / heat

So:

• kukipasha = to warm it / to heat it up

Because kiporo is a ki- class noun, the object marker must match it:

• kiporo → ki-

This kind of agreement is very common in Swahili.

Yes, in context that is the natural meaning.

Literally, kupasha means to warm or to heat. But when you are talking about leftover food, English often translates that as reheat.

So:

• kukipasha = to warm it up / heat it up
• in natural English here: to reheat it

You may also hear a more explicit form such as:

• kukipasha moto = to heat it up

But in everyday speech, kukipasha can be enough when the context is clear.

This is a normal way to say tomorrow morning.

• kesho = tomorrow
• asubuhi = morning

Swahili often places the broader time first and then the more specific part of the day:

• leo jioni = this evening / tonight
• kesho asubuhi = tomorrow morning
• jana usiku = last night

So kesho asubuhi is a very natural expression.

It can mean both, depending on context.

In this sentence, usitupe kiporo cha pizza naturally means don’t throw away the leftover pizza, because that is the most sensible meaning in context.

If you want to be more explicit, Swahili can add extra words, for example:

• kutupa mbali = throw away
• kutupa kwenye taka = throw into the trash

But very often kutupa alone is enough.

Because the thing being affected is the object of kupasha, not of kuweza.

• kuweza = to be able
• kupasha = to heat / warm

The leftover pizza is the thing being heated, so the object marker goes with kupasha:

• tunaweza kukipasha

Not with tunaweza, because you are not being able it; you are being able to heat it.

This is an important habit in Swahili: the object marker usually goes on the verb that actually takes that object.