Rahma hupenda kula njugu chache anaposoma.

to like

Breakdown of Rahma hupenda kula njugu chache anaposoma.

• kula: to eat
• chache: few
• Rahma: Rahma

Questions & Answers about Rahma hupenda kula njugu chache anaposoma.

What does hupenda mean, and why isn’t it just anapenda?

hu- is a marker of habitual action. So hupenda means something like likes, usually likes, or tends to like.

In natural English, we often just say likes, but the Swahili form highlights that this is a general habit or preference, not just something happening once right now.

anapenda can also mean likes, but hupenda more clearly gives the sense of a usual pattern.

Why is kula used after hupenda?

Because kula is the infinitive form of the verb, meaning to eat.

In Swahili, the infinitive is usually formed with ku- + verb stem:

• -la = eat
• kula = to eat

So:

• penda kula = like to eat

This is similar to English like to eat.

Why is it njugu chache and not chache njugu?