Baada ya mazoezi, Rahma alibeba sinia lenye mtindi na maji hadi sebuleni.

Baada ya means after. So baada ya mazoezi means after exercise, after practice, or after the exercises, depending on context.

In Swahili, baada ya is commonly followed by a noun phrase:

• baada ya chakula = after food / after the meal
• baada ya kazi = after work
• baada ya mazoezi = after exercise / practice

It can be understood as either, depending on context. Grammatically, mazoezi is a plural form, but in real usage it often works like an uncountable idea in English: exercise, training, or practice.

So here, a natural English meaning is simply after exercise or after practice. You do not need to force a plural translation every time.

Alibeba can be broken into:

• a- = he/she
• -li- = past tense
• -beba = carry

So alibeba means he/she carried.

Because the subject here is Rahma, the full idea is Rahma carried.

That is normal in Swahili. The verb usually includes a subject marker even when the subject noun is also present.

So:

• Rahma alibeba = Rahma carried

The a- agrees with a singular third-person subject, so it means he/she. Since Rahma is named, the listener knows exactly who that a- refers to.

Sinia means tray or sometimes serving tray.

In this sentence, it is the object of the verb alibeba, so it is the thing Rahma carried.

Lenye means something like that has, with, or containing, depending on context.

So:

• sinia lenye mtindi na maji = a tray with yogurt and water / a tray containing yogurt and water

It describes the tray by telling you what was on it or in it.

Because lenye is an agreeing form. It comes from the adjective stem -enye, which means having or with, and it changes form to match the noun it describes.

Here it describes sinia, so it takes the form lenye.

This is part of Swahili noun-class agreement. English does not do this, but Swahili does it all the time:

• the noun has a class
• words connected to that noun often change to match that class

It describes sinia.

So the structure is:

• Rahma alibeba sinia = Rahma carried a tray
• lenye mtindi na maji = which had yogurt and water

Put together:

• Rahma carried a tray that had yogurt and water

Mtindi means yogurt or soured/fermented milk, depending on region and context.

In many learning contexts, yogurt is the easiest translation.

Maji is one of those Swahili nouns that often has a plural-looking form but refers to a mass noun in English. It simply means water.

So even though it may look plural from the perspective of noun classes, you usually translate it as singular water, not waters.

Here hadi means to, up to, or as far as.

So:

• hadi sebuleni = to the living room

In other contexts, hadi can also mean until:

• hadi kesho = until tomorrow

So its exact meaning depends on whether it is followed by a place, a time, or something else.

Sebule means living room or sitting room.
Sebuleni means in the living room, at the living room, or with a motion verb like this, to the living room.

The ending -ni is a locative ending. It often adds the sense of in, at, or to a place.

For example:

• nyumbani = at home / home
• shuleni = at school / to school
• sebuleni = in the living room / to the living room

Yes. It is very natural.

The sentence is organized like this:

• Baada ya mazoezi = time expression
• Rahma = subject
• alibeba = verb
• sinia lenye mtindi na maji = object plus description
• hadi sebuleni = destination

So the overall flow is: After exercise, Rahma carried a tray with yogurt and water to the living room.

That is a very normal Swahili sentence pattern.