Chumba cha watu wawili ni kikubwa kuliko chumba cha mtu mmoja.

The double room is larger than the single room.

Breakdown of Chumba cha watu wawili ni kikubwa kuliko chumba cha mtu mmoja.

• kuwa: to be
• kubwa: big
• kuliko: than
• chumba cha mtu mmoja: single room

Questions & Answers about Chumba cha watu wawili ni kikubwa kuliko chumba cha mtu mmoja.

Why is it chumba cha watu wawili and not just chumba watu wawili?

Because cha links the two nouns and means something like of / for / belonging to.

So:

• chumba = room
• cha = of (agreeing with chumba)
• watu wawili = two people

So chumba cha watu wawili literally means room of two people, or more naturally, a room for two people / a double room.

In Swahili, this kind of connector changes form depending on the noun class of the first noun. Since chumba is in the ki-/vi- class, the connector is cha.

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Why is it cha after chumba?