Mlowezi anaishi hapa.

Most likely, yes. Mlowezi looks like a proper name, and it is capitalized like one.

So the sentence is structured as:

• Mlowezi = the subject
• anaishi = lives / is living
• hapa = here

If it is a person’s name, Swahili does not need an article like the or a before it.

Anaishi can be broken down like this:

• a- = he/she
• -na- = present tense marker
• -ishi = verb stem from kuishi = to live

So:

• a-na-ishi = he/she lives or he/she is living

This is a very common Swahili verb pattern:

• subject prefix + tense marker + verb stem

Because Swahili usually puts the subject information inside the verb.

In anaishi, the a- already means he/she. So a separate subject pronoun is often unnecessary.

For example:

• Anaishi hapa. = He/She lives here.
• Mlowezi anaishi hapa. = Mlowezi lives here.

Swahili can still state the subject noun, as in this sentence, but the verb still keeps its subject prefix.

It can mean either. Swahili does not mark gender in this verb form.

So anaishi could mean:

• he lives
• she lives
• he is living
• she is living

You know which one is intended from context, or from the person being talked about.

It can mean both, depending on context.

With kuishi (to live), English often translates it as lives, especially when talking about where someone resides:

• Mlowezi anaishi hapa. = Mlowezi lives here.

But in some contexts it could also be understood as is living here, especially if the situation is temporary.

So the Swahili present tense is often a bit broader than a single English tense.

They look the same, but they are functioning differently.

In anaishi, -na- is a tense marker attached inside the verb. It is not the separate word na meaning and or with.

Compare:

• anaishi = he/she lives
• Juma na Asha = Juma and Asha

So in anaishi, you should think of -na- as part of the verb structure, not as a separate word.

Hapa means here.

It often comes after the verb, so this word order is very natural:

• subject + verb + place

So:

• Mlowezi anaishi hapa.
• literally: Mlowezi lives here

That word order is normal and straightforward in Swahili.

The dictionary form is kuishi, which means to live.

In Swahili, many verbs are listed with ku-, which is the infinitive marker:

• kuishi = to live
• kula = to eat
• kusoma = to read/study

When the verb is conjugated, the ku- usually disappears and other prefixes are added:

• anaishi = he/she lives
• ninaishi = I live
• wanaishi = they live

A simple pronunciation guide is:

• Mlowezi ≈ mlo-WEH-zee
• anaishi ≈ ah-nah-EE-shee
• hapa ≈ HAH-pah

A few helpful points:

• Swahili vowels are usually pronounced clearly:
  • a = ah
  • e = eh
  • i = ee
  • o = oh
  • u = oo
• sh sounds like English sh in shoe
• Swahili words usually have stress on the second-to-last syllable

So the full sentence is approximately:

mlo-WEH-zee ah-nah-EE-shee HAH-pah

Yes. The beginning of the verb changes to match the subject.

For a single person, Swahili uses a-:

• Mlowezi anaishi hapa. = Mlowezi lives here.

Other examples:

• ninaishi hapa = I live here
• unaishi hapa = you live here
• tunaishi hapa = we live here
• wanaishi hapa = they live here

So the verb agrees with the subject, even when the subject is a name.

Yes.

You can simply say:

• Anaishi hapa.

That means He/She lives here.

This is natural in Swahili because the verb already contains the subject information. You add Mlowezi when you want to name the person explicitly or make the sentence clearer.