Pilipili nyingi ni mbaya kwa afya yako.

to be

Breakdown of Pilipili nyingi ni mbaya kwa afya yako.

• nyingi: a lot of
• yako: your
• kwa: for

Questions & Answers about Pilipili nyingi ni mbaya kwa afya yako.

What does pilipili mean here exactly?

Pilipili usually means pepper or chili in a broad sense. The exact meaning depends on context. In a sentence about health, it often means spicy pepper/chili in general rather than one very specific type.

Why is the adjective after the noun: pilipili nyingi?

In Swahili, adjectives usually come after the noun they describe.

So:

• pilipili nyingi = a lot of pepper / many peppers
• mtu mzuri = a good person
• chakula kibaya = bad food

This is one of the basic word-order differences from English.

What does nyingi mean here?

Nyingi comes from the adjective stem -ingi, which means much, many, or a lot of.

In this sentence, it means there is a large amount of pepper/chili. In English, you might translate it as:

• much pepper
• a lot of chili
• many peppers

The best English choice depends on how you are interpreting pilipili in context.

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