Breakdown of Mwalimu anasoma barua kwa sauti darasani.
Questions & Answers about Mwalimu anasoma barua kwa sauti darasani.
a- = 3rd person singular subject prefix (he/she)
na- = present tense marker
soma = verb root meaning “read”
Together a-na-soma literally means “he/she is reading” (or “he/she reads”).
barua belongs to noun class 9/10, which often uses the same form for singular and plural.
Context indicates whether it’s “a letter” or “letters.”
Literally kwa sauti = “with voice.”
kwa is an instrumental preposition here, indicating the means or manner (“by/with”).
Start with darasa (classroom). Add the locative suffix -ni to show “in/at.”
So darasani = “in the classroom.”
Object markers are optional when the object noun is explicitly stated.
You could include it for emphasis or brevity, e.g. Mwalimu anaisoma barua, but Swahili often omits it if the object follows the verb.
Typical order is: Subject – Verb – Object – Manner (instrumental adverb) – Place (locative).
Hence Mwalimu anasoma barua (S-V-O), then kwa sauti (how), then darasani (where).
You could use the perfect-progressive construction:
Mwalimu amekuwa akisoma barua kwa sauti darasani.
Here amekuwa akisoma stresses ongoing action “has been reading.”
Yes. You’d say:
Mwalimu anasoma barua kwa sauti kwenye darasa.
Both mean “in the classroom,” but darasani (-ni) is more concise, while kwenye darasa uses the preposition kwenye plus noun.