Mama aliweka plasta kwenye kidole kilichojeruhiwa.

Because Swahili verbs normally include a subject marker inside the verb.

aliweka breaks down like this:

• a- = he/she
• -li- = past tense
• -weka = put/place

So Mama aliweka is literally something like Mother she-put, which is completely normal in Swahili.

Here, plasta means an adhesive bandage or sticking plaster—basically a Band-Aid.

It does not usually mean building plaster in this kind of sentence. Context makes it clear that it is the medical item.

Yes—kuweka is the general verb to put/place. In context, it can naturally mean put on or apply.

So aliweka plasta kwenye kidole means:

• literally: she put a plaster on the finger
• naturally in English: she put/applied a bandage on the finger

Swahili often uses a broader everyday verb where English may choose a more specific one.

kwenye is a locative word. Depending on context, it can mean on, in, at, or to.

In kwenye kidole, the most natural English translation is on the finger.

So Swahili uses one flexible location word, and English chooses the best preposition from context.

Yes, kidoleni is possible.

• kwenye kidole = on the finger
• kidoleni = at/on the finger

Both are locative ways to express the idea. kwenye kidole is very clear and very natural.

kidole belongs to noun class 7 in the singular. Its plural is vidole.

Because Swahili modifiers must agree with the noun class, the relative verb also shows class 7 agreement. That is why you see ki- in kilichojeruhiwa.

So the beginning of the relative form matches kidole.

A useful breakdown is:

• ki- = subject agreement for class 7
• -li- = past tense
• -cho- = relative marker for class 7
• jeruhi = injure
• -wa = passive ending

So kilichojeruhiwa means which was injured or that was injured.

Because the finger is not doing the injuring; the finger received the action.

• jeruhi = injure
• jeruhiwa = be injured

So kidole kilichojeruhiwa means the finger that was injured, not the finger that injured something.

In Swahili, words that describe a noun usually come after the noun.

So:

• kidole kilichojeruhiwa = finger that-was-injured

This is normal Swahili word order. English often puts some descriptions before the noun, but Swahili usually places them after it.

Swahili does not normally use articles like a/an and the.

So:

• Mama can mean mother, the mother, or Mom, depending on context
• plasta can mean a plaster or the plaster
• kidole can mean a finger or the finger

The exact meaning is understood from the situation rather than from a separate article word.