Baada ya malipo, tulipewa stakabadhi nyingine kwa ajili ya ada ya warsha.

Baada ya means after. It is a very common time expression in Swahili.

• baada = after
• ya = a linking word, often translated loosely as of

So baada ya malipo means after the payment or after payment.

This structure is very common:

• baada ya kazi = after work
• baada ya chakula = after the meal / after eating
• baada ya mkutano = after the meeting

Malipo is a noun meaning payment or payments.
Kulipa is the verb to pay.

So:

• baada ya malipo = after the payment
• baada ya kulipa = after paying

Both can make sense, but they are slightly different in form:

• malipo focuses on the payment as a thing/event
• kulipa focuses on the act of paying

In formal or administrative language, malipo is very natural.

Tulipewa means we were given.

It can be broken down like this:

• tu- = we
• -li- = past tense
• -pewa = be given / be given to

So the whole verb means we were given.

This is based on the verb -pa = give. In passive form, it becomes -pewa = be given.

Compare:

• walitupa stakabadhi = they gave us a receipt
• tulipewa stakabadhi = we were given a receipt

The Swahili version here uses the passive, just like English were given.

Swahili often uses the passive when the person doing the action is unknown, unimportant, or obvious from context.

So tulipewa stakabadhi nyingine means:

• we were given another receipt

without saying exactly who gave it.

This is very natural in Swahili, especially in formal, written, or event-based descriptions.

If you wanted to make the giver explicit, you could use an active sentence, such as:

• Wafanyakazi walitupa stakabadhi nyingine. = The staff gave us another receipt.

But the passive is smoother when the focus is on what happened to us, not on who did it.

Stakabadhi means receipt. It is a standard and correct word, especially in formal or administrative contexts.

You may also hear risiti, which is a common borrowed word from English receipt.

So these can overlap:

• stakabadhi = receipt
• risiti = receipt

In official or careful Swahili, stakabadhi is often preferred.

Here nyingine means another or an additional one.

So:

• stakabadhi nyingine = another receipt / a different receipt

The word -ngine changes to agree with the noun class of the noun it describes.
Since stakabadhi is in a class that takes nyingine, that is the correct form.

Compare:

• kitabu kingine = another book
• vitabu vingine = other books
• barua nyingine = another letter

In this sentence, the meaning is probably that one receipt had already been involved, and then another receipt was given.

Kwa ajili ya means for, for the purpose of, or intended for.

In this sentence:

• kwa ajili ya ada ya warsha = for the workshop fee

This phrase is very common when explaining purpose, use, or intended function.

Examples:

• Fedha hizi ni kwa ajili ya shule. = This money is for school.
• Tulikusanyika kwa ajili ya mkutano. = We gathered for the meeting.

It is a bit more explicit than just ya in many contexts, because it clearly shows purpose or intended use.

Word-for-word:

• ada = fee
• ya = of
• warsha = workshop

So ada ya warsha literally means fee of the workshop, which in natural English is the workshop fee.

This is a very common Swahili possession/association structure:

• jina la shule = the name of the school
• mlango wa nyumba = the door of the house
• ada ya warsha = the workshop fee

Notice that the linker changes shape depending on noun class:

• ya
• wa
• la
• etc.

The connector agrees with the first noun, not the second one.

Here the first noun is ada. Because ada belongs to a noun class that uses ya as the connector, we say:

• ada ya warsha

not ada wa warsha.

This agreement pattern is very important in Swahili. The linking word changes based on the noun class of the thing being possessed or described.

For example:

• kitabu cha mwanafunzi = the student’s book
• mlango wa ofisi = the office door
• ada ya warsha = workshop fee

Yes, depending on context, malipo can refer to payment in a general sense or payments in the plural sense.

In many real sentences, English would still translate it naturally as after payment or after the payment, even though the Swahili noun can be interpreted more broadly.

Swahili nouns do not always match English singular/plural usage exactly in translation. The context usually tells you what sounds most natural.

Yes. The sentence is very natural.

Structure:

• Baada ya malipo = time phrase
• tulipewa = main verb
• stakabadhi nyingine = object/complement
• kwa ajili ya ada ya warsha = purpose/explanation phrase

So the sentence flows like this:

After payment, we were given another receipt for the workshop fee.

Swahili often places time expressions at the beginning, just like English can.

Yes. A less formal version might use risiti instead of stakabadhi, for example:

• Baada ya malipo, tulipewa risiti nyingine kwa ajili ya ada ya warsha.

This means the same thing, but risiti may sound more everyday to some speakers.

The original sentence sounds quite natural in formal or administrative language, especially because of words like:

• malipo
• stakabadhi
• ada

These are all common in official contexts.