Learn Hardcore Swahili: Hii ni hiari yako.

Breakdown of Hii ni hiari yako.

What is the word-for-word breakdown of Hii ni hiari yako?

A simple breakdown is:

So the structure is literally something like:

That sounds odd in English, but it is normal in Swahili because possessives usually come after the noun.

What is ni doing in the middle of the sentence?

Ni is the copula, the word used for is / am / are in sentences like X is Y.

So here:

A useful thing to remember is that ni does not change for person or number:

In the negative, you usually use si:

Why does come after instead of before it?