Tutarudi nyumbani baada ya sherehe.

Tutarudi can be broken down like this:

• tu- = we
• -ta- = future tense marker
• -rudi = return / come back

So tutarudi literally means we will return or we will come back.

In Swahili, the subject is often built into the verb itself. The prefix tu- already means we, so you do not need to add a separate pronoun.

Compare:

• tutarudi = we will return
• nitarudi = I will return
• utarudi = you will return
• watarudi = they will return

This is very normal in Swahili.

Nyumbani means at home / home and is a locative form.

The ending -ni often marks a place or location in Swahili. So from nyumba (house / home), you get:

• nyumba = house, home
• nyumbani = at home, home

In this sentence, nyumbani works like home in English after verbs of movement:

• Tutarudi nyumbani = We will return home

Swahili does not need a preposition like to here.

Because the sentence is talking about going/returning to a place. The locative form nyumbani makes that idea sound natural.

A learner can think of it as:

• nyumba = the house/home as a thing
• nyumbani = at home / home as a location

With motion verbs like go, come, return, Swahili very often uses the locative form.

Baada ya means after.

It is a common Swahili expression:

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

So baada ya sherehe literally feels like after of the party/celebration, but in natural English we just say after the party.

You should learn baada ya as a fixed phrase.

Examples:

• baada ya kazi = after work
• baada ya chakula = after food / after the meal
• baada ya shule = after school

The word ya is the agreement form used here to link baada with the following noun.

In beginner-level learning, the most helpful thing is to memorize baada ya + noun as the normal pattern for after + noun.

So:

• baada ya sherehe = after the celebration/party
• baada ya safari = after the trip
• baada ya somo = after the lesson

You do not usually need to analyze this too deeply at first; just treat baada ya as the standard expression.

Sherehe is a noun meaning celebration, party, ceremony, festivity, depending on context.

In this sentence, it most naturally refers to the celebration / the party.

Swahili nouns often do not need an article like the or a. So sherehe by itself can mean:

• a celebration
• the celebration
• celebration

The exact meaning depends on context.

Mostly yes. The sentence follows a straightforward order:

• Tutarudi = we will return
• nyumbani = home
• baada ya sherehe = after the celebration

So the structure is basically:

Verb + place + time expression

This is very natural in Swahili.

Yes. The verb -rudi can often be translated as:

• return
• come back
• go back

The best English choice depends on context. In many everyday situations, come back sounds very natural.

So tutarudi nyumbani could be understood as:

• we will return home
• we will come back home

You mainly change the subject prefix at the beginning of the verb:

• Nitarudi nyumbani baada ya sherehe. = I will return home after the celebration.
• Utarudi nyumbani baada ya sherehe. = You will return home after the celebration.
• Atarudi nyumbani baada ya sherehe. = He/She will return home after the celebration.
• Mtarudi nyumbani baada ya sherehe. = You all will return home after the celebration.
• Watarudi nyumbani baada ya sherehe. = They will return home after the celebration.

The rest of the sentence can stay the same.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

• tutarudi = too-tah-ROO-dee
• nyumbani = nyoom-BAH-nee
• baada = bah-AH-dah
• ya = yah
• sherehe = sheh-REH-heh

A few helpful points:

• Swahili vowels are usually clear and consistent.
• u sounds like oo
• a sounds like ah
• e sounds like eh
• ny sounds like the ny in canyon

Stress is often on the second-to-last syllable:

• tu-ta-RU-di
• nyum-BA-ni
• ba-A-da
• she-RE-he

Yes, but it means something slightly different.

• Tutarudi nyumbani = We will return home / come back home
• Tutaenda nyumbani = We will go home

Use -rudi when the idea is returning. Use -enda when the idea is simply going.

So if the context is that you are somewhere away from home and will head back, tutarudi nyumbani is very appropriate.