Ukisoma biolojia na chemia pamoja, utaona uhusiano kati ya chakula na mwili.

Ukisoma is made of three parts:

• u- = subject prefix for you (singular)
• -ki- = conditional / temporal marker (if / when / while)
• -soma = the verb to read / study

So ukisoma literally means “if/when you study/read”. It introduces a condition or a time frame leading to the main clause (here: utaona…).

All three are possible translations. The Swahili -ki- form often covers:

• if you study (conditional: maybe you will, maybe you won’t)
• when you study (whenever you do it, this will happen)
• while you study (at the same time as you study)

Context decides which English word fits best. In a general statement like this, “if you study biology and chemistry together” or “when you study…” are both natural.

Swahili normally does not need separate subject pronouns (like I, you, he) because subject information is built into the verb.

• u- in ukisoma and utaona already means “you (singular)”.

You could add wewe for emphasis:

• Wewe ukisoma biolojia na chemia pamoja…
  (You, when you study biology and chemistry together…)

But it’s not required, and leaving it out is more natural in neutral statements.

Utaona is the future tense form of kuona (to see):

• u- = you (singular) subject prefix
• -ta- = future tense marker
• -ona = verb root see

So utaona means “you will see”.

Pamoja means “together”. Here it acts like an adverb modifying soma:

• ukisoma biolojia na chemia pamoja
  = if/when you study biology and chemistry together

Placing pamoja after the list (biolojia na chemia) is very natural. You can also say:

• ukisoma pamoja biolojia na chemia

but the original word order is more typical and sounds smoother to most speakers.

Yes, you could say:

• Ukisoma biolojia na chemia, utaona…

Without pamoja, it still suggests you are studying both subjects, but pamoja makes it explicit that you are considering them together, as a combined perspective, not just separately.

Uhusiano means “relationship, connection, correlation”.

Grammatically:

• It is an abstract noun in the U- noun class (class 14).
• It often comes from a verb: here the base is -husiana (to be related).

Other examples in this class: uhuru (freedom), uzito (weight), utoto (childhood).

In sentences, uhusiano behaves like a singular noun:

• uhusiano mkubwa = a big/strong relationship

The pattern is:

• uhusiano kati ya [thing 1] na [thing 2]
  = the relationship between [thing 1] and [thing 2]

Breaking it down:

• uhusiano = relationship
• kati ya = between
• chakula na mwili = food and the body

So the phrase is literally “relationship between food and (the) body”.

You can also see baina ya with a similar meaning:

• uhusiano baina ya chakula na mwili
  (also correct; often a bit more formal).

Kati alone means “the middle” / “the interior”, but to say “between X and Y”, Swahili typically uses:

• kati ya X na Y (between X and Y)

Ya is a prepositional connector here, functioning a bit like “of”:

• kati ya watu = among people / in the middle of people
• kati ya chakula na mwili = between food and the body

Yes, it is the same word na, which is very flexible in Swahili.

Here it means “and”:

• biolojia na chemia = biology and chemistry
• chakula na mwili = food and (the) body

In other contexts, na can also mean “with” or “by”, but in this sentence it is simply the coordinator “and”.

Loanwords like biolojia and chemia often go into the N class (9/10), which usually has the same form for singular and plural. In practice, when referring to school subjects, speakers rarely worry about singular/plural:

• Ninapenda biolojia = I like biology (as a subject)
• Tunajifunza biolojia na chemia = We study biology and chemistry

There is no special change to mark plural here; the context (subjects) is enough.

Yes, you could say:

• Ukijifunza biolojia na chemia pamoja, utaona…

Differences in nuance:

• soma = read / study (more general, also used for “to read a book”)
• jifunza = learn, study (with more emphasis on the learner’s effort)

Both are correct; ukisoma is slightly more neutral and is exactly what you’d expect in an academic or school context.