Kama ningekuwa na mume anayependa kupika, tungepika sambusa pamoja kila Ijumaa.

Here kama means if.

Swahili kama can mean several things in different contexts, such as if, like, or as, but in this sentence it introduces a condition:

Kama ningekuwa na mume... = If I had a husband...

Because Swahili usually expresses to have with kuwa na, literally to be with.

So:

• nina mume = I have a husband
• literally: I am with a husband

In the hypothetical form:

• ningekuwa na mume = I would be with / if I had a husband

So even though English uses the verb have, Swahili often uses kuwa na instead.

Ningekuwa can be broken down like this:

• ni- = I
• -nge- = conditional / hypothetical marker
• kuwa = be

So:

• ningekuwa = I would be / if I were

In this sentence, because it is followed by na mume, it gives the sense if I had a husband.

In English, we say:

• If I had ..., we would cook ...

So English uses a past form in the if-clause and would in the result clause.

In Swahili, hypothetical situations are commonly shown with -nge- in both clauses:

• ningekuwa = if I were / if I had
• tungepika = we would cook

So the pattern is very natural in Swahili for unreal or imagined situations.

Anayependa kupika means who likes to cook.

It describes mume:

• mume = husband
• anayependa kupika = who likes cooking / who likes to cook

This is a relative construction. The verb contains the idea of who inside it.

You can think of it roughly like this:

• a- = he/she
• -na- = present
• -ye- = relative marker for a person, meaning something like who
• penda = love / like

So anayependa literally works like he who likes.

Yes. That is also correct.

• mume anayependa kupika
• mume ambaye anapenda kupika

Both mean a husband who likes to cook.

The first version is more compact and very common.
The second version uses ambaye = who, which may feel a little more explicit to learners.

Because kupika is the infinitive, meaning to cook.

In Swahili, after verbs like kupenda (to like / to love), you often use another verb in the infinitive:

• anapenda kupika = he/she likes to cook
• ninapenda kusoma = I like to read

So:

• penda = like/love
• kupika = to cook

Together: anayependa kupika = who likes to cook

Tungepika breaks down like this:

• tu- = we
• -nge- = conditional / would
• pika = cook

So:

• tungepika = we would cook

This matches the hypothetical idea set up earlier by kama ningekuwa na mume...

In everyday Swahili, sambusa often works as a food noun whose form may stay the same whether you mean one or several, and the context tells you the meaning.

So:

• sambusa moja = one samosa
• sambusa nyingi = many samosas

In this sentence, because it is about a repeated activity every Friday, sambusa is most naturally understood as samosas in a general sense.

Pamoja means together.

So:

• tungepika sambusa pamoja = we would cook samosas together

Its position after the object is natural. Swahili often places adverbs like this after the main verb phrase.

Because Swahili usually does not need a preposition here.

• kila = every
• Ijumaa = Friday

So:

• kila Ijumaa = every Friday

This is the normal way to express repeated time phrases in Swahili.

Sometimes, yes. Swahili can express hypothetical meaning through -nge- alone, especially when the context is clear.

So a sentence like this may still be understood without kama:

• Ningekuwa na mume anayependa kupika, tungepika sambusa pamoja kila Ijumaa.

But kama is very helpful because it clearly signals if, so it is a good choice, especially for learners.

The sentence as written is very natural:

Kama ningekuwa na mume anayependa kupika, tungepika sambusa pamoja kila Ijumaa.

Swahili word order is fairly flexible, but not completely free. You can move some parts for emphasis, but the basic structure here is the most straightforward:

1. condition
2. result

For example, you could emphasize time by moving it:

• Kila Ijumaa tungepika sambusa pamoja...

But the original version is the clearest and most neutral.