Maadamu onyo la dhoruba halijatolewa, eneo la mkusanyiko litabaki wazi.

Maadamu means as long as, provided that, or so long as.

In this sentence, it introduces a condition:

• Maadamu onyo la dhoruba halijatolewa = As long as a storm warning has not been issued

So it tells you the condition under which the second part is true.

Because onyo belongs to noun class 5, and the possessive linker for class 5 is la.

So:

• onyo = warning
• la = of
• dhoruba = storm

Together, onyo la dhoruba means storm warning, literally warning of storm.

A key point for English speakers: the linker agrees with the first noun, not the second one. Since onyo is class 5, you use la.

Halijatolewa means it has not been issued or it has not been given out.

It can be broken down like this:

• ha- = negative
• li- = subject marker for a class 5 noun
• -ja- = perfect aspect in a negative construction
• tolewa = be issued / be given out

So the whole word refers back to onyo and means:

• onyo halijatolewa = the warning has not been issued

Because both verbs agree with class 5 nouns.

In this sentence:

• onyo is class 5, so the verb referring to it uses li-
• eneo is also class 5, so its verb also uses li-

That gives you:

• ha-li-ja-tolewa = it has not been issued referring to onyo
• li-ta-baki = it will remain referring to eneo

Swahili verbs usually show agreement with their subject much more clearly than English verbs do.

Literally, eneo la mkusanyiko means area of gathering/assembly.

Parts:

• eneo = area
• la = of
• mkusanyiko = gathering, assembly, congregation

So in natural English, it can be translated as:

• assembly area
• gathering area
• meeting area

Again, la is used because eneo is a class 5 noun.

Litabaki means it will remain.

It breaks down like this:

• li- = subject marker for class 5
• -ta- = future tense
• baki = remain, stay

Since eneo is class 5, the future verb must agree with it:

• eneo litabaki wazi = the area will remain open

An English speaker might expect something closer to a separate word for will, but in Swahili future is built into the verb itself with -ta-.

Here wazi means open.

So:

• litabaki wazi = it will remain open

Depending on context, wazi can also mean clear or plain, but in this sentence open is the natural meaning.

Also, wazi does not change form here. Unlike many adjectives in Swahili, some words like wazi are commonly used without changing to match the noun.

Because Swahili does not usually use articles like English a/an/the.

So:

• onyo can mean a warning or the warning
• eneo can mean an area or the area

The exact meaning depends on context.

That is why a translation may include the or a, even though there is no separate word for it in the Swahili sentence.

Often, yes, depending on context.

Halijatolewa most directly means has not been issued, but in many real situations English might naturally say:

• has not yet been issued

That idea of yet is often understood from context rather than stated separately.

So if the situation is time-sensitive, an English translation with yet may sound very natural even if Swahili does not explicitly include a separate word for it here.

No. The subject is onyo, not dhoruba.

In onyo la dhoruba:

• onyo = warning
• la dhoruba = of storm

So the phrase means storm warning, but grammatically the main noun is onyo. That is why the verb agrees with onyo and uses the class 5 marker li-.

Yes, but the given order is very natural.

The sentence begins with the condition:

• Maadamu onyo la dhoruba halijatolewa, ...
• As long as a storm warning has not been issued, ...

Then it gives the result:

• eneo la mkusanyiko litabaki wazi
• the assembly area will remain open

This is similar to English, where putting the condition first is also common. You could sometimes rearrange the parts, but the original version is clear and natural.