Baba hutafuta rimoti kila jioni kabla ya kuangalia habari.

Because hu- marks a habitual action: something someone usually or regularly does.

So Baba hutafuta rimoti... suggests that this is part of Dad’s routine.

A rough contrast is:

• hutafuta = usually looks for / habitually looks for
• anatafuta = is looking for / looks for in a more general or immediate present sense

In this sentence, the idea is clearly a repeated habit, so hutafuta fits very well.

In this habitual form, hu- stays the same regardless of the subject.

For example:

• Mimi hutafuta
• Wewe hutafuta
• Baba hutafuta
• Watoto hutafuta

That is one reason learners notice this form quickly: it is very regular.

So in this sentence, hutafuta does not change just because the subject is Baba.

It can mean different things depending on context.

In real usage, Baba often works like Dad or Father without needing an extra word like my. Swahili often leaves that relationship to context when it is already obvious.

So:

• Baba can mean Dad
• It can also mean father
• If you want to be very explicit, you could say baba yangu = my father

In this sentence, Baba most naturally sounds like Dad or Father, depending on the translation style.

Swahili does not use articles like English a, an, and the.

So nouns usually appear on their own:

• rimoti = a remote / the remote
• habari = news / the news

Context tells you which English article makes sense. In this sentence, English naturally uses the remote and the news, but Swahili does not need separate words for that.

It is a borrowed word, and that is completely normal in Swahili.

Rimoti comes from English remote, especially in the sense of remote control. Many everyday Swahili words are loanwords, especially for modern objects.

A few useful points:

• rimoti is common in everyday speech
• some speakers may also say remote
• a more formal or descriptive word may exist in certain contexts, but rimoti is very natural

So yes, this is normal Swahili usage.

It literally means every evening or each evening.

• kila = every / each
• jioni = evening

So:

• kila jioni = every evening

Notice that Swahili does not need a preposition like in here. English says every evening, not in every evening, and Swahili works similarly in this phrase.

Because kabla ya is the normal pattern for before when it is followed by a noun or an infinitive phrase.

Here it is followed by kuangalia habari:

• kabla ya kuangalia habari = before watching the news

You can think of kabla ya as a set expression.

More examples:

• kabla ya chakula = before food / before the meal
• kabla ya kwenda = before going

So in this sentence, ya is required.

Kuangalia is an infinitive, the basic to + verb form.

• ku- = infinitive marker, like English to
• -angalia = verb stem

So:

• kuangalia = to look at / to watch / to check

After kabla ya, Swahili often uses this infinitive form:

• kabla ya kuangalia habari = before watching the news

That is a very common structure to learn early.

It can mean all of those, depending on context.

Common meanings include:

• look at
• watch
• check / inspect

In this sentence, because the object is habari, the natural English meaning is watch the news.

So even though kuangalia has a broader range than English watch, the context makes the intended meaning clear.

Here, habari means news.

This is a very common Swahili word, but it has a wider range than English news. It can also mean:

• news
• information
• report
• and in greetings, Habari? can mean something like What’s the news? / How are things?

In this sentence, though, the meaning is specifically the news, as in a news program.

The sentence uses a very normal Swahili word order:

• Baba = subject
• hutafuta = verb
• rimoti = object
• kila jioni = time expression
• kabla ya kuangalia habari = additional phrase explaining before watching the news

This order is natural, but some movement is possible for emphasis. For example:

• Kila jioni, Baba hutafuta rimoti kabla ya kuangalia habari.

That still sounds natural and means the same thing.

So the original sentence follows a standard pattern, but Swahili does allow some flexibility.