Faraja hiyo haitasahaulika, kwa sababu picha zitatumwa kwenye simu zetu kesho.

That comfort will not be forgotten, because photos will be sent to our phones tomorrow.

Breakdown of Faraja hiyo haitasahaulika, kwa sababu picha zitatumwa kwenye simu zetu kesho.

• kwenye: at
• kesho: tomorrow
• simu: the phone
• kwa sababu: because
• picha: the picture
• hiyo: that
• zetu: our
• faraja: the comfort
• kusahauliwa: to be forgotten
• kutumwa: to be sent

Questions & Answers about Faraja hiyo haitasahaulika, kwa sababu picha zitatumwa kwenye simu zetu kesho.

How is the verb haitasahaulika formed, and why does it mean “it will not be forgotten”?

Breakdown of haitasahaulika:

• ha- : negative marker for 3rd person (“it … not”)
• -ta- : future tense marker (“will …”)
• sahau : verb root “forget”
• -lika : stative passive suffix (“to become/be …”)

Putting it together:
ha-ta-sahau-lika ⇒ haitasahaulika = “it will not be forgotten.”

What’s the difference between the active verb kusahau and the stative passive kusahaulika?

• kusahau : active “to forget” (someone actively forgets something)
• kusahaulika : stative passive “to be forgotten” (emphasizes the state/result of being forgotten)

In our sentence we want “that comfort will not remain forgotten,” so we use haitasahaulika.

Why do we use kwa sababu instead of just sababu to say “because”?

• sababu by itself is a noun meaning “reason.”
• kwa sababu is the fixed conjunction “for the reason” ⇒ “because.”

You always need kwa with sababu when introducing a clause:
kwa sababu picha zitatumwa… (“because pictures will be sent…”)

Why does picha zitatumwa use zi- in zitatumwa instead of i-?

picha here is plural (“pictures”), belonging to noun class 10. In Swahili verbs you must match the noun class:

• zi- : class 10 subject prefix
• -ta- : future tense marker
• tuma : verb root “send”
• -wa : dynamic passive suffix

zi-ta-tum-wa ⇒ zitatumwa = “(they) will be sent.”

How do you know picha is plural in Swahili when the word itself doesn’t change?

Some class 9/10 nouns like picha look the same in singular and plural. You tell by the verb agreement:

• Picha itatoka (class 9, singular) – “The picture will leave.”
• Picha zitatumwa (class 10, plural) – “The pictures will be sent.”

Why is kwenye used before simu zetu, and what does it mean?

• kwenye = “in/on/at” (locative preposition)
• simu zetu = “our phones”

Together, kwenye simu zetu literally means “on/at our phones,” indicating the location to which the pictures will be sent.

Why is simu zetu and not simu yetu?

simu is a class 9/10 noun.

• Singular class 9 uses possessive prefix -yetu ⇒ simu yetu (“our phone”).
• Plural class 10 uses prefix -zetu ⇒ simu zetu (“our phones”).

Here we mean multiple phones, so we use zetu.

Why is the word kesho (“tomorrow”) placed at the end of the sentence? Can I put it somewhere else?

Swahili is flexible with time adverbs. You can place kesho at the beginning or end of a clause:

• Kesho picha zitatumwa…
• picha zitatumwa… kesho.

Putting kesho at the end keeps the main idea and its reason together in a smooth, neutral word order.