Usitupe kiporo cha pizza; tunaweza kukipasha kesho asubuhi.

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Breakdown of Usitupe kiporo cha pizza; tunaweza kukipasha kesho asubuhi.

• kuweza: to be able
• cha: of
• kesho asubuhi: tomorrow morning

Questions & Answers about Usitupe kiporo cha pizza; tunaweza kukipasha kesho asubuhi.

What does usitupe break down into?

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

Is usitupe singular or plural?

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)

What exactly does kiporo mean?