Kulala

Kulala

sleep

Swahili → English

Example

Baada ya kazi napenda kulala mapema.
After work I like to sleep early.
Pronunciation: Bah-ah-dah yah kah-zee nah-pen-dah koo-lah-lah mah-peh-mah.
Grammar: *Kulala* is an infinitive used as a noun-like object of *napenda* (‘I like’). The prefix *ku-* marks the infinitive form of the verb *lala*.