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Kampuni yetu inanunua hisa mpya ili kuongeza mtaji.

Kampuni yetu inanunua hisa mpya ili kuongeza mtaji.
Our company is buying new shares to increase capital.
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Questions & Answers about Kampuni yetu inanunua hisa mpya ili kuongeza mtaji.

What does the verb inanunua consist of?

inanunua breaks down into three parts:

  1. i- – the subject prefix for a class 9 noun like kampuni
  2. -na- – the present-tense marker (“is …ing”)
  3. nunua – the verb root meaning “buy”
    Put together, i-na-nunua = “it (the company) is buying.”
Why is the possessive yetu placed after kampuni in kampuni yetu?

In Swahili, possessive pronouns are enclitics that always follow the noun they modify. They agree with the noun class:
– kampuni is class 9/10 (“company”), so “our” is yetu.
Thus kampuni yetu = “our company.”

Why does hisa look the same whether you mean one share or many shares?

hisa is a loanword (from Arabic) treated as invariable in Swahili: its form doesn’t change for singular or plural. You signal quantity by adding a number or quantifier:
– hisa moja = one share
– hisa nyingi = many shares

How does the adjective mpya work in hisa mpya? Does it need to change form?
Most adjectives in Swahili follow the noun. Many common adjectives (like mpya, “new”) are invariable across all noun classes. So you simply say hisa mpya = “new shares” without adding any extra prefix.
What role does ili play in ili kuongeza mtaji?
ili is a purpose conjunction meaning “in order to.” It introduces a clause of intention or purpose. Here it links the buying of shares to the goal of increasing capital.
Why is the verb kuongeza in its infinitive form after ili, rather than a tense-marked form?
After ili (“in order to”), Swahili uses the plain infinitive (the ku- + root form) to express purpose. No tense marker or subject prefix is needed: just kuongeza = “to increase.”
Why does mtaji come after kuongeza, and why isn’t there a preposition or object prefix?
Swahili normally follows Subject-Verb-Object (SVO) order. Here kuongeza (the infinitive “to increase”) is the verb and mtaji (“capital”) is its direct object. With a full noun phrase you place the noun after the verb. (If the object were a pronoun, you’d attach it as an object prefix to the verb instead.)