"Kuhitaji"

Translation: To need

[tommya9]

احتاج

[syntyche1981]

Care to share with the rest of the class as this is Swahili for English speakers?

[MattHaythem]

He means this word comes from the Arabic word "yahtâj" meaning "needs"

[Aerologia]

I don't quite get what you unajaribu ku-express, but I do believe that kuhitaji(with the proper prefixes) acts as auxiliary verb such as must, need, have.