"Mama amesema nivue soksi zangu."
Translation:Mom said for me to take off my socks.
June 11, 2018
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From the ni-. The subjunctive is often expressed in English with an infinitive, but to express the subject of an infinitive is impossible so English often more or less does it with this little "for".
Mama amesema ni
vue soksi zangu.
= Mum said for me
to take off my socks.
= Mum said I
should take off my socks.
Mama amesema u
vue soksi zangu.
= Mum said for you
to take off my socks.
= Mum said you
should take off my socks.
Ni muhimu u
ende.
= It's important that you
go.
= It's important for you
to go.
Ni muhimu ni
ende.
= It's important that I
go.
= It's important for me
to go.
Ninataka u
jue ...
= I want (for) you
to know ...
Ninataka wa
jue ...
= I want (for) them
to know ...