Marejeo yako kwenye ukurasa wa mwisho.

In Swahili, the present tense of to be is often left out in simple statements like this.

So instead of saying something equivalent to Your references are on the last page, Swahili naturally says:

Marejeo yako kwenye ukurasa wa mwisho.

This is very common. The meaning of are is understood from context.

Marejeo usually means references, cross-references, or sometimes citations/references, depending on context.

It is the plural form of rejeo. In many practical contexts, it can refer to:

• references in a document
• bibliography-style references
• cross-references to other sections

So in this sentence, marejeo yako means your references.

Swahili possessives must agree with the noun class of the noun they describe.

Marejeo belongs to noun class 6, and the possessive stem -ako takes the agreement form ya- with this class:

• ya
  • -ako → yako

So:

• marejeo yako = your references

Even though English just uses your everywhere, Swahili changes the form depending on the noun class.

Kwenye means something like on, in, or at, depending on context.

In this sentence, it is best understood as on:

• kwenye ukurasa wa mwisho = on the last page

It comes from a locative pattern related to kwenye/katika/penye, and it is very common in everyday Swahili for location.

A learner might expect juu ya because it often means on top of or on. But kwenye is more natural for many cases involving location in documents, pages, places, and surfaces in a general sense.

So:

• kwenye ukurasa wa mwisho = natural, idiomatic
• juu ya ukurasa wa mwisho would sound more like physically on top of the last page, which is not the intended meaning here

For text appearing on a page, kwenye is the better choice.

Ukurasa means page.

wa mwisho means of the end or more naturally last/final.

Together:

• ukurasa wa mwisho = the last page / the final page

This is a very common Swahili structure:

• noun + connector + descriptive noun/adjective-like phrase

So literally it is something like:

• page of the end but in natural English:
• last page

The wa links ukurasa with mwisho.

This linking word agrees with the noun class of ukurasa, which is in noun class 3. For class 3 singular nouns, the connector is wa.

So:

• ukurasa wa mwisho = page of the end → last page

You see the same pattern in many expressions:

• mlango wa nyumba = door of the house
• mwaka wa jana = last year literally year of yesterday/last year

It is plural.

• rejeo = reference
• marejeo = references

That is why the sentence is understood as referring to more than one reference. If the meaning shown to the learner is singular, that would probably come from context, but grammatically marejeo is normally plural.

The structure is:

• Marejeo yako = your references
• kwenye ukurasa wa mwisho = on the last page

So the pattern is basically:

subject/topic + location

This is very normal in Swahili, especially in simple present-time statements without an expressed verb to be.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

mah-reh-JEH-oh YAH-koh kwehn-yeh oo-koo-RAH-sah wah mwoo-ISH-oh

A few helpful notes:

• Swahili vowels are usually pure and consistent:
  • a as in father
  • e as in bed but clearer
  • i as in machine
  • o as in go but shorter
  • u as in flute
• kwenye is roughly kwehn-yeh
• Stress is often on the second-to-last syllable:
  • ma-re-JE-o
  • u-ku-RA-sa
  • mwa-I-sho

In natural English, on the last page is better.

Even though kwenye can sometimes cover in, on, or at, for text appearing on a page, English normally says on the page.

So the best translation is:

• Your references are on the last page.

Yes, you can, but it changes the feel slightly.

• Marejeo yako kwenye ukurasa wa mwisho is a very normal, concise sentence.
• Marejeo yako yako kwenye ukurasa wa mwisho includes the explicit verb yako? No—careful here.

The correct explicit verb form would be:

• Marejeo yako yako kwenye ukurasa wa mwisho

In this sentence, the first yako means your, and the second yako is the present plural form of to be located / to be present for this noun class.

So this version is grammatical, but many learners find it confusing because the same form appears twice. In everyday Swahili, the shorter version without the explicit verb is often preferred.

It is neutral and perfectly standard.

It would fit well in:

• written instructions
• documents
• school or office contexts
• general conversation

Nothing in it is especially slangy or especially ceremonial.