Baada ya miezi miwili, mimi nitakuwa nimeandika malengo mapya ya kampuni.

After two months, I will have written new goals for the company.

Breakdown of Baada ya miezi miwili, mimi nitakuwa nimeandika malengo mapya ya kampuni.

• mimi: I
• kuwa: to be
• kuandika: to write
• mpya: new
• ya: of
• baada ya: after
• mwezi: the month
• lengo: the goal
• kampuni: the company
• mbili: two

Questions & Answers about Baada ya miezi miwili, mimi nitakuwa nimeandika malengo mapya ya kampuni.

What does baada ya miezi miwili mean, and how is baada ya constructed?

baada is a noun meaning after, and you add ya (the genitive marker) to link it with the following noun phrase. So baada ya = after. Then miezi miwili = two months (noun + number). Altogether it means after two months.

How do we form the plural of mwezi and why is it miezi?

mwezi (month) has an irregular plural miezi. While many class 5/6 nouns simply take the prefix ma- (e.g. lengo → malengo), mwezi → miezi does not follow the regular pattern and must be memorized.

Why is the order miezi miwili (noun + number) correct instead of miwili miezi?

In Swahili, numbers from two to ten follow the noun they modify. You always say noun + number (for example, miezi miwili, vitabu vitatu).

Why is mimi included when nitakuwa already indicates I?

Swahili verbs carry a subject prefix (here ni- for first person singular), so the explicit pronoun mimi is redundant. It’s often added for emphasis or clarity.

What does nitakuwa nimeandika mean, and why are there two verb forms?

This is the future perfect tense, meaning I will have written. It combines: • ni-ta-kuwa → nitakuwa (“I will be”)
• ni-me-andika → nimeandika (“I have written”)
Together it conveys “I will be in the state of having written.”

How is the Swahili future perfect tense formed in general?

Pattern:
subject prefix + -ta- + kuwa (to be)

• subject prefix + -me-
  • verb root
    Example: nitakuwa nimeandika = ni-ta-kuwa + ni-me-andika.

Why is the phrase malengo mapya ya kampuni arranged this way and what do the prefixes mean?

• lengo (“goal”), plural malengo (class 6 uses prefix ma-)
• Adjective pya (“new”) agrees with class 6 → mapya
• ya = genitive marker linking possessor
• kampuni (“company,” class 9)
So it literally reads goals-new-of-company.

What is the difference between using future perfect (nitakuwa nimeandika) and the simple future (nitayandika malengo mapya ya kampuni)?

• nitakuwa nimeandika = I will have written (emphasis on completion by that time)
• nitayandika malengo mapya ya kampuni = I will write the company’s new goals (simple future, no specific focus on completion)

Can the time clause baada ya miezi miwili be moved to the end of the sentence?

Yes. Swahili word order is flexible. You can say:
Mimi nitakuwa nimeandika malengo mapya ya kampuni baada ya miezi miwili.
The meaning remains the same.