Swahili
tusiende
too-see-EN-deh
How to say it
Swahilitusiendetoo-see-EN-dehsoon
Englishlet us not gosoon
Frenchn'allons passoon
Meaning
the negative subjunctive form of -enda (to go) in the first person plural, expressing that a group should not go somewhere.
Good to know
used to tell a group not to go somewhere; the negative subjunctive of -enda (to go).
Examples
- Tusiende shuleni leo.Let us not go to school today.
- Je, tusiende naye?Should we not go with him?
- Tusiende peke yetu usiku.Let us not go alone at night.
- Kesho tusiende kazini mapema.Tomorrow let us not go to work early.
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