Tafadhali pakia faili lako kwenye tableti, halafu tutapakia mengine mtandaoni.

In modern Swahili tech usage, kupakia generally means “to upload” or “to load/install onto a device.” Context decides the best English equivalent:

• Upload to a server or site: kupakia (upload)
• Load or install onto a device (e.g., a program or data): kupakia
• Compare with kupakua = download/unload (the opposite in IT).

So pakia faili lako kwenye tableti can be understood as “load/upload your file onto the tablet.”

Swahili possessives agree with the noun class of the noun they modify. Faili (file) is class 5, whose possessive concord uses la-:

• my file: faili langu
• your (singular) file: faili lako
• his/her file: faili lake

Using yako would match class 9/10 nouns, not class 5, so faili yako would be ungrammatical in standard Swahili.

Make two changes: plural imperative and plural “your.”

• Verb: singular imperative pakia → plural imperative pakieni
• Possessive: lako → lenu (still class 5, but 2nd person plural)

Result: Tafadhali pakieni faili lenu kwenye tableti, halafu tutapakia mengine mtandaoni.

Yes. Upakie is the subjunctive (u- + -pakie), often perceived as softer or more polite, especially after tafadhali. Both are acceptable:

• Tafadhali pakia… (bare imperative; direct but polite thanks to tafadhali)
• Tafadhali upakie… (subjunctive; slightly gentler)

It’s subject prefix + future tense marker + verb stem:

• tu- (we) + -ta- (future) + pakia (load/upload) → tutapakia = “we will upload/load.” Negative future: hatu
  • ta
    • pakia → hatutapakia = “we will not upload.”

No. The subject is built into the verb via tu-. You add sisi only for emphasis or contrast:

• Tutapakia mengine… = We’ll upload the others…
• Sisi tutapakia… = We (as opposed to someone else) will upload…

Mengine is the plural “other ones” for class 6 (ma- class). The implied noun is the plural of faili, which is mafaili (class 6). So mengine = “the other (files).” Agreement:

• Singular (class 5): “other” = lingine (e.g., faili lingine)
• Plural (class 6): “other (ones)” = mengine (e.g., mafaili mengine) Here, the noun is omitted because it’s clear from context.

Faili (class 5) → mafaili (class 6). Examples:

• one file: faili
• two files: mafaili mawili
• other files: mafaili mengine

Halafu means “then/afterwards/and then.” Common alternatives:

• kisha (then/after that; often a bit more formal)
• Colloquial speech often has alafu/afu (non-standard spellings of halafu).

Swahili has two common ways to express location:

• The preposition kwenye (also katika) before a noun: kwenye tableti = on/onto the tablet
• The locative suffix -ni on a noun: mtandao → mtandaoni = on the network/online

Both are correct; choice often depends on convention. With mtandao, the -ni form (mtandaoni) is very common to mean “online.” You could also say kwenye mtandao with the same meaning.

• pakia: IT-specific “upload/load/install”; best for transfers or installations
• weka: “put/place”; very general, can work but is less IT-specific
• hifadhi: “save/store/preserve” (e.g., saving a document)

For moving a file onto a device or service, pakia is the most precise tech term.

They’re distinct words:

• paka (noun) = cat
• kupaka (verb) = to smear/apply/paint
• kupakia (verb) = to load/upload Context and the final vowel -ia in pakia keep them separate.

Yes. You’ll see:

• kibao (tablet/slab), often as kompyuta kibao (tablet computer)
• In some regions, tarakilishi kibao (more localized for “computer”)

So: …kwenye kibao or …kwenye kompyuta kibao instead of …kwenye tableti.

Use the negative imperative with usi- (singular) or msi- (plural):

• Singular: Tafadhali usipakie faili lako kwenye tableti.
• Plural: Tafadhali msipakie faili lenu kwenye tableti.

In Swahili, possessives typically follow the noun and agree with its noun class. Hence:

• faili (class 5) + lako (your, singular) → faili lako Placing the possessive before the noun is not the standard pattern in Swahili.