Breakdown of Nimeandika anwani yako kwenye barua.
Questions & Answers about Nimeandika anwani yako kwenye barua.
nimeandika is the perfect form of kuandika (to write). It breaks down as:
• ni- (1st-person singular subject “I”)
• -me- (perfect aspect “have”)
• andika (write)
Together, nimeandika means “I have written.”
Replace the perfect marker -me- with the simple-past marker -li-:
• Ni- + -li- + andika = niliandika
So you get:
Niliandika anwani yako kwenye barua.
(“I wrote your address on the letter.”)
In Swahili, possessive pronouns follow the noun they modify.
• anwani = “address”
• yako = “your” (2nd-person singular)
Hence anwani yako = “your address.”
kwenye is a preposition meaning “on,” “in,” or “at,” depending on context. Here it means “on” (the surface of) the letter. An alternative is juu ya (literally “on top of”):
• Nimeandika anwani yako juu ya barua.
Use the subject prefix a- (3rd-person singular) plus -me- for the perfect:
Ameandika anwani yako kwenye barua.