Mwalimu alisema kwamba usajili wa shule utaanza kesho asubuhi.

Swahili does not use articles like a, an, or the. So mwalimu can mean teacher, a teacher, or the teacher, depending on context.

In this sentence, Mwalimu alisema... is naturally understood as The teacher said... or A teacher said..., depending on the larger situation.

Alisema is in the simple past.

It breaks down like this:

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

So alisema means he/she said.

It can mean either he said or she said. Swahili third-person singular does not usually distinguish gender.

So alisema = he said or she said.

You figure out which one is meant from context.

Kwamba means that.

So:

• Mwalimu alisema kwamba... = The teacher said that...

In many cases, kwamba can be omitted in natural Swahili, just like that can be omitted in English:

• Mwalimu alisema usajili wa shule utaanza kesho asubuhi.

This still sounds natural and means the same thing. Including kwamba can make the sentence a little clearer or more explicit.

Usajili means registration.

It comes from the verb -sajili, meaning to register. The noun usajili is an abstract noun, something like registration or the act/process of registering.

So in this sentence, usajili wa shule means school registration.

Wa here is a connector meaning something like of.

So:

• usajili wa shule = registration of school = school registration

This connector changes form depending on the noun class of the first noun. Since usajili belongs to a class that uses wa as its connector, you get:

• usajili wa shule

This is a very common structure in Swahili:

• kitabu cha mwanafunzi = the student’s book
• mlango wa nyumba = the door of the house
• siku ya leo = today / the day of today

Because wa is linking usajili to shule.

The pattern is:

• noun + connector + noun

Here:

• usajili = registration
• wa = of
• shule = school

So the full phrase is usajili wa shule = school registration.

The connector belongs to the first noun, not the second one.

Utaanza means it will begin or it will start.

It breaks down like this:

• u- = subject marker for a noun in the same class as usajili
• -ta- = future tense marker
• -anza = begin/start

So:

• usajili ... utaanza = registration ... will begin

Even though English uses it, Swahili uses a subject marker that agrees with the noun class of usajili.

Because Swahili verbs must agree with the noun class of their subject.

The subject here is usajili, and nouns like usajili take the subject marker u-.

So:

• usajili utaanza = registration will begin

This is noun-class agreement, which is one of the central grammar features of Swahili.

Not if the subject is usajili.

Since usajili takes the agreement marker u-, the correct form is:

• usajili utaanza

Using itaanza would match a different noun class, so it would not agree properly with usajili.

• kesho = tomorrow
• asubuhi = morning

Together, kesho asubuhi means tomorrow morning.

Swahili often places time expressions one after another like this without needing a word like in or on.

That is a very natural word order in Swahili.

The core statement is:

• usajili wa shule utaanza = school registration will begin

Then the time expression is added:

• kesho asubuhi = tomorrow morning

So the full structure is:

• Mwalimu alisema kwamba usajili wa shule utaanza kesho asubuhi.

This is completely normal. Swahili often places time expressions after the verb phrase, though other placements are sometimes possible for emphasis.

It really means school registration in natural English.

Literally, usajili wa shule is registration of school, but the intended meaning is the registration related to school, such as enrolling students or opening the registration process.

So the best English rendering is usually school registration.

Yes. That is exactly what it is doing here.

After kwamba, you get a complete clause:

• usajili wa shule utaanza kesho asubuhi

That clause has:

• a subject: usajili wa shule
• a verb: utaanza
• a time phrase: kesho asubuhi

So kwamba works very much like English that in reported speech.

A very literal breakdown would be:

• Mwalimu = teacher
• alisema = said
• kwamba = that
• usajili = registration
• wa shule = of school
• utaanza = will begin
• kesho asubuhi = tomorrow morning

So a literal version would be:

• Teacher said that registration of school will begin tomorrow morning.

More natural English is:

• The teacher said that school registration will begin tomorrow morning.