Usifichue nenosiri.

Do not reveal the password.

Breakdown of Usifichue nenosiri.

• nenosiri: the password
• kufichua: to disclose; reveal

Questions & Answers about Usifichue nenosiri.

What does usifichue break down into?

Usifichue is made of:

• usi- = don’t when speaking to one person
• fichua = reveal / disclose / expose
• the final -a changes to -e in this kind of negative command

So usifichue means don’t reveal or don’t disclose.

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Why does the verb end in -e instead of -a?

Because Swahili negative commands use the subjunctive ending -e.

So:

• Fichua nenosiri. = Reveal the password.
• Usifichue nenosiri. = Don’t reveal the password.

This is a very common pattern in Swahili:

• soma → usisome = don’t read
• fanya → usifanye = don’t do
• fichua → usifichue = don’t reveal

So the -e is not random; it is part of the grammar of negative commands.

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Is this command addressed to one person or more than one?