Breakdown of Polisi wawili wanasimamia foleni ya tiketi ndani ya stesheni.
Questions & Answers about Polisi wawili wanasimamia foleni ya tiketi ndani ya stesheni.
wawili is the form of “two” that agrees with noun class 2 (human plurals). polisi (police officers) belongs to class 2, so you attach the class 2 prefix wa- to mbili:
• wa + mbili → wawili
Yes. wanasimamia =
• wa- (subject prefix for 3rd person plural, class 2 “they”)
• na- (present‐tense marker)
• simamia (verb root “to oversee/supervise”)
Altogether it means “they are supervising.”
foleni ya tiketi literally means “queue of tickets” – i.e. “ticket line.” In Swahili, ya links a noun to its possessor (genitive) for class 9/10 nouns. Here:
• foleni = “queue/line” (class 9/10)
• ya = genitive marker for class 9/10
• tiketi = “ticket” (loanword, also treated as class 9/10)
Both can express “in,” but:
• katika stesheni = “in the station” (general location)
• ndani ya stesheni = “inside the station” (emphasises interior)
Note: ndani behaves like a noun in class 9/10, so it also takes the genitive ya.
Replace wawili with mmoja (“one” for class 1) and use the class 1 prefix a-:
Polisi mmoja anasimamia foleni ya tiketi ndani ya stesheni.
Breakdown:
• mmoja = “one” (class 1)
• a- = 3rd person singular prefix (class 1)
• na- = present‐tense marker
It follows the common S-V-O-(Adverbial) pattern:
• S = Polisi wawili (Subject)
• V = wanasimamia (Verb)
• O = foleni ya tiketi (Object)
• Adverbial (place) = ndani ya stesheni