Kitengo hiki kina kazi nyingi.

to have

Breakdown of Kitengo hiki kina kazi nyingi.

• kazi: the work
• hiki: this
• nyingi: many

Questions & Answers about Kitengo hiki kina kazi nyingi.

What is the literal word-for-word structure of Kitengo hiki kina kazi nyingi?

A very literal breakdown is:

• kitengo = unit / department / section
• hiki = this
• kina = it has
• kazi = work / job / task
• nyingi = much / many

So the sentence is roughly:

unit this has work much/many

That sounds unnatural in English, but it helps show how Swahili builds the idea.

Why does hiki come after kitengo instead of before it?

Because in Swahili, demonstratives like this and that usually come after the noun.

So:

• kitengo hiki = this unit
• not the English-style order this unit

This is a very common pattern in Swahili:

• mtu huyu = this person
• kitabu hiki = this book
• kazi hizi = these tasks

Why do both hiki and kina start with ki-?