Mhasibu alisema hundi hiyo ni sahihi, lakini bado anasubiri sahihi ya mwisho.

Mhasibu means accountant.

It belongs to the m-/wa- noun class for people:

• mhasibu = accountant (singular)
• wahasibu = accountants (plural)

This class is very common for professions and people:

• mwalimu / walimu = teacher / teachers
• mfanyakazi / wafanyakazi = worker / workers

In Swahili, verbs like alisema (he/she said) can introduce a clause directly, without needing a separate word for that.

So:

• Mhasibu alisema hundi hiyo ni sahihi
  literally works like
• The accountant said the check is valid/correct

You could also say:

• Mhasibu alisema kwamba hundi hiyo ni sahihi

Here kwamba means that, but it is often omitted in natural Swahili.

Alisema can be broken into:

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

So alisema = he/she said

Notice that Swahili verbs often include the subject inside the verb, so you do not need a separate word for he or she.

Hundi means check / cheque.

Hiyo means that.

In Swahili, demonstratives usually come after the noun:

• hundi hiyo = that check
• kitabu hicho = that book
• mtu huyo = that person

So the order is different from English:

• English: that check
• Swahili: check that

Swahili demonstratives agree with the noun class of the noun they describe.

Hundi belongs to the N class (often called class 9/10), and the matching demonstrative form here is hiyo.

Examples with the same class:

• nyumba hiyo = that house
• barua hiyo = that letter
• hundi hiyo = that check

So hiyo is not random—it matches the noun class of hundi.

Here ni works as a copula, meaning is / are.

So:

• hundi hiyo ni sahihi = that check is valid/correct

This is very common when Swahili links a subject with a description or identification:

• Yeye ni mwalimu = He/She is a teacher
• Jibu ni sahihi = The answer is correct

Without ni, the sentence would not sound right in this structure.

Yes. In this sentence, sahihi is used in two different but related senses:

1. ni sahihi = is correct / valid / proper
2. sahihi ya mwisho = final signature

This is normal in Swahili. The same word can have different meanings depending on context.

So:

• first sahihi is an adjective-like description
• second sahihi is a noun meaning signature

Context makes the difference clear.

It can cover several close meanings, depending on context.

With hundi (check/cheque), sahihi could suggest:

• correct
• valid
• in order
• properly filled out

In a financial context, English might naturally translate it as valid or in order, even though the basic meaning of sahihi is often correct/right.

• lakini = but
• bado = still / yet

Together:

• lakini bado = but still

In this sentence, it shows contrast:

• the check is apparently fine,
• but something is still missing: the final signature.

Anasubiri can be broken into:

• a- = he/she
• -na- = present tense / ongoing action
• -subiri = wait

So anasubiri = he/she is waiting

This is a very common verb pattern in Swahili:

• anasoma = he/she is reading
• anafanya = he/she is doing
• anasubiri = he/she is waiting

It can mean either.

The subject marker a- means he/she. Swahili verbs do not normally show gender in the way English pronouns do.

So anasubiri could be:

• he is waiting
• she is waiting

You know which one is intended only from context. Since the sentence begins with mhasibu (the accountant), anasubiri refers back to that person.

Sahihi ya mwisho means final signature.

Breakdown:

• sahihi = signature
• ya = of
• mwisho = end / last / final

Literally, it is something like signature of the end/final one, but natural English is final signature.

This -a connector changes form to agree with the noun before it. Since sahihi is in the N class, the connector is ya.

Compare:

• kitabu cha mwanafunzi = the student’s book
• mlango wa nyumba = the door of the house
• sahihi ya mwisho = final signature

Because mwisho here is linked to sahihi through the associative construction, using -a.

So Swahili says:

• sahihi ya mwisho

This is a very common way to express ideas that English often translates with an adjective:

• siku ya mwisho = final day / last day
• ukurasa wa kwanza = first page
• sahihi ya mwisho = final signature

So even though English says final signature, Swahili often prefers a structure more like signature of the end/final one.

Yes, that is exactly the natural idea.

• bado = still
• anasubiri = is waiting

So:

• bado anasubiri = is still waiting

You will see bado often with present-tense verbs:

• Bado ninakula = I am still eating
• Bado wanafanya kazi = They are still working
• Bado anasubiri = He/She is still waiting

Yes, it is natural.

The sentence uses sahihi first as correct/valid and then as signature. Because the surrounding words are different, a Swahili speaker will usually understand the two meanings without confusion.

It may even sound slightly elegant or clever because of the repetition, but it is still perfectly understandable and natural:

• ni sahihi = is valid/correct
• sahihi ya mwisho = final signature

A useful breakdown is:

• Mhasibu = the accountant
• alisema = said
• hundi hiyo = that check
• ni sahihi = is valid/correct
• lakini = but
• bado = still
• anasubiri = he/she is waiting
• sahihi ya mwisho = the final signature

So the sentence has two main parts joined by lakini:

1. what the accountant said
2. the contrasting fact that something is still pending

That is a very common Swahili sentence pattern.