Anaongeza mwendo sasa.

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Breakdown of Anaongeza mwendo sasa.

• kuongeza: to increase
• mwendo: the speed; pace

Questions & Answers about Anaongeza mwendo sasa.

What does anaongeza mean, and how is it built?

Anaongeza can be broken down like this:

• a- = he/she
• -na- = present tense / ongoing action
• -ongeza = increase, add

So anaongeza means he/she is increasing or he/she increases, depending on context.

Why isn’t there a separate word for he or she?

In Swahili, the subject is often built into the verb itself.

Here, a- already means he/she, so you do not need a separate pronoun.
That is very common in Swahili.

For example:

• Anaongeza = he/she is increasing
• Ninaongeza = I am increasing
• Tunaongeza = we are increasing

What does mwendo mean here?