Dada anapendelea losheni yenye harufu ya maua kuliko krimu nzito.

Anapendelea can be broken down like this:

• a- = he/she
• -na- = present tense / ongoing or habitual action
• -pendelea = verb stem from kupendelea, meaning to prefer

So anapendelea means he/she prefers or he/she is preferring. In natural English, she prefers is usually the best translation here.

Kupenda means to like or to love.

Kupendelea means to prefer, to favor, or to like something more than something else.

So:

• anapenda losheni = she likes lotion
• anapendelea losheni kuliko krimu = she prefers lotion to cream

Yenye means something like that has, with, or which has.

So:

• losheni yenye harufu ya maua = lotion with a floral scent
• more literally: lotion that has the scent of flowers

It is also an agreement form. Losheni belongs to the N class (class 9/10), and the matching form here is yenye.

It literally means scent of flowers or smell of flowers.

Breakdown:

• harufu = scent / smell / fragrance
• ya = of
• maua = flowers

So harufu ya maua is a natural Swahili way to say floral scent.

In Swahili, the connector meaning of changes to agree with the noun before it, not the noun after it.

Here, the main noun is harufu, which is in the N class, so the connector is ya:

• harufu ya maua = scent of flowers

Even though maua is plural, the agreement is controlled by harufu, not maua.

Kuliko means than in comparisons.

In this sentence:

• anapendelea losheni ... kuliko krimu nzito
• she prefers lotion ... than thick cream
• more natural English: she prefers lotion ... to thick cream

So kuliko introduces the thing being compared against.

You will also see it in sentences like:

• Yeye ni mrefu kuliko mimi = She is taller than me

In Swahili, adjectives usually come after the noun.

So:

• krimu nzito = thick/heavy cream
• mtoto mdogo = small child
• nyumba kubwa = big house

That is normal Swahili word order.

Both are possible, depending on context.

The basic meaning of nzito is heavy. But when talking about creams, lotions, textures, or formulas, it often means thick, rich, or heavy in texture.

So krimu nzito is best understood as thick cream or heavy cream in a skincare sense.

Yes. They are common loanwords used in Swahili.

• losheni comes from lotion
• krimu comes from cream

Swahili uses many borrowed words, especially for modern items, products, and technology. Even though they come from English, they function like normal Swahili nouns in sentences.

Swahili does not have articles like a, an, and the.

So losheni can mean:

• a lotion
• the lotion
• just lotion

The exact meaning depends on context. English requires an article, but Swahili usually does not.

Yes. That is a very natural English translation.

Swahili often uses a longer structure where English might use a compound adjective:

• losheni yenye harufu ya maua
• literally: lotion that has the scent of flowers
• natural English: floral-scented lotion or lotion with a floral scent

So the Swahili structure is a bit more explicit, but the meaning is the same.