Upimaji wa mita utaendelea.

Upimaji is a noun built from the verb -pima, meaning to measure. It refers to the act or process of measuring, testing, or taking readings.

So this is not a simple basic noun like kitabu or mtu. It is a derived noun that names an activity or process.

Wa is the connective meaning of in this phrase.

In Swahili, this connector changes form to match the noun that comes first, not the noun that comes second. Here, the head noun is upimaji, so the correct connector is wa.

So:

• upimaji wa mita = measurement/reading of meters

A very common learner mistake is to think the connector should match mita, but it matches upimaji.

Because the subject of the sentence is the whole noun phrase upimaji wa mita, and the head of that phrase is upimaji.

So the verb agrees with upimaji, not with mita.

That is why the verb begins with u-:

• upimaji wa mita utaendelea

Even though mita may be plural in meaning, it is not the grammatical controller of the verb here.

You can divide it like this:

• u- = subject marker agreeing with upimaji
• -ta- = future tense marker
• -endelea = continue, go on

So utaendelea means it will continue.

This is a very useful pattern in Swahili:

• subject marker + tense marker + verb stem

Mita often has the same form for both singular and plural, especially as a loanword. Context tells you whether it means meter or meters.

In many real-life contexts, mita refers collectively to utility meters, so English may naturally translate it as meters.

Yes. Mita can refer to:

• measuring devices, such as electricity or water meters
• units of length, meaning metres

Context decides which meaning is intended. In a phrase like upimaji wa mita, it often means meter reading or measurement involving meters as devices, especially in administrative or utility contexts.

It can mean either in a broad grammatical sense, but in everyday administrative usage it often refers to meter reading.

That is because upimaji can describe the process of taking measurements or readings, not only measuring an object’s size.

So the phrase may sound broader literally, but context often narrows it to meter reading.

Swahili normally does not use articles like English the and a/an.

So Upimaji wa mita utaendelea can be understood in English as:

• the meter reading will continue
• meter reading will continue
• sometimes even a meter-reading exercise will continue

The exact choice in English depends on context, not on a separate word in Swahili.

Yes. This is a normal Swahili sentence pattern:

• subject noun phrase
  • verb

Here:

• Upimaji wa mita = the subject
• utaendelea = the verb

So the structure is completely regular and natural.

The important practical point is that upimaji takes u- agreement in the sentence, which is why you get utaendelea.

Different grammar books may discuss this under the u- noun classes, but for a learner the key thing is:

• upimaji → verb agreement with u-
• connective form → wa

If you remember those two facts, you can use the sentence correctly even without worrying too much about class-number labels.