Ada ya usafirishaji imelipwa kupitia mfumo wa kiposta.

The delivery fee was paid through the postal system.

Breakdown of Ada ya usafirishaji imelipwa kupitia mfumo wa kiposta.

• kulipwa: to be paid
• kupitia: via
• mfumo wa kiposta: the postal system
• ada ya usafirishaji: the delivery fee

Questions & Answers about Ada ya usafirishaji imelipwa kupitia mfumo wa kiposta.

What are the main parts of this sentence?

A helpful breakdown is:

• Ada = fee, charge
• ya = of
• usafirishaji = shipping, transportation
• imelipwa = has been paid
• kupitia = through, via, by means of
• mfumo = system
• wa = of
• kiposta = postal / related to the post

So grammatically, the sentence is built like:

[Fee of shipping] + [has been paid] + [through the postal system]

Why is there no word for the or a in the sentence?

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

So ada can mean:

• a fee
• the fee
• sometimes just fee/fees in a general sense

The exact meaning depends on context. English requires an article, but Swahili usually does not.

Why is it ya usafirishaji and not some other word for of?