Mtumaji anajifanya mwajiri ili mpokeaji afichue taarifa nyeti.

in order to

Breakdown of Mtumaji anajifanya mwajiri ili mpokeaji afichue taarifa nyeti.

• taarifa: the information
• mwajiri: the employer
• nyeti: sensitive

Questions & Answers about Mtumaji anajifanya mwajiri ili mpokeaji afichue taarifa nyeti.

Can you break this sentence down word by word?

Yes:

Mtumaji = sender
anajifanya = pretends / is pretending
mwajiri = employer
ili = so that / in order that
mpokeaji = recipient / receiver
afichue = reveal / may reveal
taarifa nyeti = sensitive information

So the structure is basically: The sender pretends to be an employer so that the recipient reveals sensitive information.

What does anajifanya literally mean, and how is it formed?

Anajifanya comes from the verb -jifanya, which means to pretend.

It can be broken down like this:

• a- = he/she
• -na- = present tense
• -ji- = self
• -fanya = do / make

So literally, it is something like he/she makes himself/herself, but idiomatically it means he/she pretends.

Why is there no separate word for to be before mwajiri?