Tulipofika dukani, hawakuwa na ofa tena, lakini keshia alisema kutakuwa na ofa nyingine kesho.

Tulipofika can be broken down like this:

• tu- = we
• -li- = past tense
• -po- = when / at the time when
• fika = arrive

So tulipofika literally means something like when we arrived or when we got there.

This -po- element is very common in Swahili for forming time-related clauses like:

• alipofika = when he/she arrived
• ulipoona = when you saw
• walipokuja = when they came

Duka means shop/store.

When you add -ni, you get a locative form:

• duka = shop
• dukani = at the shop / in the shop / to the shop

In this sentence, dukani fits because the idea is arriving at the shop.

This -ni ending is very common:

• nyumbani = at home
• shuleni = at school
• mezani = on the table

So tulipofika dukani is naturally when we arrived at the shop.

In Swahili, possession is usually expressed with kuwa na, which literally means to be with.

So:

• wana ofa = they have offers
• hawakuwa na ofa = they did not have offers

Literally, hawakuwa na ofa is closer to they were not with offers, but in normal English that becomes they didn’t have any offers.

This pattern is very important in Swahili:

• nina kitabu = I have a book
• hakuwa na pesa = he/she did not have money
• tutakuwa na muda = we will have time

This is a very natural difference between English and Swahili.

In English, we often say things like:

• The store didn’t have it
• The shop didn’t have any offers

But in Swahili, speakers often refer to the people working there — the staff or the people at the shop — rather than the business as a single thing. So hawakuwa na ofa means they didn’t have any offers, where they likely refers to the shop staff.

So the sentence is not strange in Swahili at all. It is just phrased from a slightly different point of view.

In this sentence, tena means anymore / any longer.

So:

• hawakuwa na ofa tena = they no longer had any offers / they didn’t have any offers anymore

This is a very common use of tena in negative sentences.

But tena can also mean again, depending on context:

• sema tena = say it again
• sitaki tena = I don’t want any more / I don’t want it anymore

So the exact meaning depends on the sentence.

Ofa is a loanword, ultimately from English offer.

In modern Swahili, especially in shopping, advertising, and business contexts, ofa is commonly used for things like:

• a special offer
• a promotion
• a deal
• a sale offer

So in this sentence, ofa is something like a store promotion or special deal.

Swahili uses many loanwords in everyday life, especially for modern commercial vocabulary.

Yes. Keshia means cashier, and it is also a loanword from English.

So:

• keshia alisema... = the cashier said...

This is very normal modern Swahili. Loanwords are especially common for jobs, technology, transport, and business terms.

Swahili often leaves out that after verbs like say, know, think, and similar verbs.

So:

• keshia alisema kutakuwa na ofa nyingine kesho

can mean:

• the cashier said there would be another offer tomorrow
• the cashier said that there would be another offer tomorrow

The word kwamba can be used for that, but it is often optional:

• keshia alisema kwamba kutakuwa na ofa nyingine kesho

Both are possible, but leaving kwamba out is very common and natural.

In Swahili, the verb already includes the subject.

Alisema breaks down like this:

• a- = he/she
• -li- = past tense
• sema = say

So alisema means he said or she said.

Because the subject is built into the verb, Swahili often does not need a separate pronoun. In this sentence, keshia tells you who the subject is, so alisema simply means the cashier said.

Also, a- can mean either he or she, so Swahili does not force you to mark gender here.

This is a very useful Swahili pattern.

• kuna = there is / there are
• kulikuwa na = there was / there were
• kutakuwa na = there will be

So:

• kutakuwa na ofa nyingine = there will be another offer

This is the normal existential pattern for there is / there are.

A learner might think ku- here is just the infinitive marker, but in this kind of expression it is part of the fixed existential structure. The whole phrase kutakuwa na is best learned as there will be.

In Swahili, adjectives usually come after the noun, not before it.

So:

• ofa nyingine = another offer
• literally: offer another

The adjective -ingine means other / another, and it changes form to match the noun class.

Ofa behaves like a noun in the N-class here, so the matching form is:

• nyingine

That is why you get:

• ofa nyingine

Other examples:

• kitabu kingine = another book
• watu wengine = other people
• siku nyingine = another day

This is a difference between English and Swahili reported speech.

In Swahili, after alisema (said), it is very normal to keep the future form:

• alisema kutakuwa...
  literally: he/she said there will be...

But in English, reported speech often backshifts the tense:

• He said there would be...

So the Swahili future kutakuwa is still correct, even when English prefers would be in that context.

A more direct English translation could also be:

• The cashier said there will be another offer tomorrow

but would be often sounds more natural in standard English reporting.

Kesho means tomorrow, and time words in Swahili are fairly flexible.

In this sentence:

• kutakuwa na ofa nyingine kesho

the final position is very natural.

But Swahili can often move time expressions for emphasis or style, for example:

• Kesho kutakuwa na ofa nyingine
• Kutakuwa kesho na ofa nyingine

The first alternative is much more natural than the second.

So yes, kesho does not absolutely have to be at the end, but the version in your sentence is smooth and common.