Asha anasoma tangazo la kazi kabla ya kuomba kazi.

Asha

Breakdown of Asha anasoma tangazo la kazi kabla ya kuomba kazi.

• kusoma: to read
• kabla ya: before
• tangazo la kazi: the job advertisement

Questions & Answers about Asha anasoma tangazo la kazi kabla ya kuomba kazi.

What does anasoma break down into?

anasoma has three main parts:

• a- = she/he
• -na- = present tense
• soma = read or study

So anasoma can mean she reads or she is reading, depending on context.

Why does the verb start with a-?

The prefix a- is the subject marker for he/she in Swahili.

Since Asha is a person, Swahili uses the class 1 singular subject marker a-. So:

• Asha anasoma = Asha is reading
• Juma anasoma = Juma is reading

The verb has to agree with the subject.

Does soma mean read or study?

It can mean both.

• kusoma kitabu = to read a book
• kusoma shuleni = to study at school

In this sentence, because the object is tangazo la kazi (job advertisement), the natural meaning is read, not study.