Kwenye makutano yale kuna kibao kinachoonyesha njia ya kwenda kliniki.

Kuna is the existential form meaning there is or there are. It is used when introducing the existence or presence of something: there is a sign.

That is slightly different from saying where a known thing is. For example:

• Kwenye makutano yale kuna kibao = At those crossroads, there is a sign
• Kibao kipo kwenye makutano yale = The sign is at those crossroads

Kibao means board, signboard, or sign, depending on context. Here it clearly means a road sign or signboard.

It is a class 7 singular noun. Its plural is vibao. Because it is class 7, words that refer back to it often use the class prefix ki-.

Kinachoonyesha means that shows or which shows. It is built from several parts:

• ki- = subject marker for class 7, referring back to kibao
• -na- = present tense
• -cho- = relative marker for class 7, meaning something like that/which
• onyesha = show or indicate

So the whole word means which is showing or more naturally that shows.

Yes. Kibao ambacho kinaonyesha... is also grammatical and natural. It is just a longer way of making the relative clause.

The sentence you were given uses the shorter built-in relative form kinachoonyesha, which is very common in Swahili. Both patterns are useful to learn.

This phrase literally means the way/path of going to the clinic. In more natural English, that becomes the way to the clinic.

The linker ya agrees with njia. Since njia is a class 9 noun, ya is the correct connector here.

After kwenda, Swahili usually gives the destination directly, without adding a separate word equivalent to English to. So:

• kwenda kliniki = to go to the clinic
• kwenda shule = to go to school
• kwenda mjini = to go to town

That is just how the verb works.

Both kwenda and kuenda are used, and they mean the same thing: to go. Kwenda is a very common form in both speech and writing.

So if you see either one, do not worry. In this sentence, kwenda is completely normal.

Swahili does not have articles like a, an, and the. Whether a noun is definite or indefinite usually comes from context.

Here, kuna kibao naturally feels indefinite, so English translates it as there is a sign. In another context, the same noun could be understood as the sign.

Swahili often puts a location first to set the scene. So Kwenye makutano yale... works like At those crossroads... in English.

You could also say Kuna kibao kwenye makutano yale..., but the given order sounds very natural and helps establish the place before introducing what is there.