Swahili
kusema unasema
koo-SEH-mah oo-nah-SEH-mah
How to say it
Swahilikusema unasemakoo-SEH-mah oo-nah-SEH-mahsoon
Englishto speak → you speaksoon
Frenchparler → tu parlessoon
Meaning
the second-person singular present tense of kusema (to speak): 'you speak' or 'you are speaking'.
Good to know
illustrates the present-tense subject prefix u- (you, singular) with -sema (speak) and the present marker -na-.
Examples
- Unasema Kiswahili vizuri sana.You speak Swahili very well.
- Je, unasema ukweli?Are you speaking the truth?
- Kama unasema polepole, sitakuelewa.If you speak slowly, I won't understand you.
- Kesho utakapokuja, unasema nini kuhusu mpango wetu?When you come tomorrow, what do you say about our plan?