“I usually wake up early”: Describing what you habitually do with “hu”
There’s a special tense for describing what you normally do. It’s actually one of the simplest tenses, because it doesn’t have a subject prefix.
Rules
- You have to use the subject pronoun, but not the marker.
- Put hu in front of the verb stem.
- Monosyllabic verbs: Remove the ku. This is the opposite of what usually happens for monosyllabic verbs.
| Verb/phrase | Swahili |
|---|---|
| -lala (to sleep) I sleep at 10 | Mimi hulala saa nne kila siku. |
| -nywa (note: monosyllabic) I drink coffee every morning | mimi hunywa kahawa kila asubuhi |