Rahma ni jasiri; anauliza maswali mengi darasani.

Ni is the usual Swahili copula, the word used for is/am/are in sentences like X is Y.

So:

• Rahma ni jasiri = Rahma is brave

Unlike English, Swahili often uses ni before nouns and many descriptive words to link the subject with what is being said about it.

Jasiri is an adjective-like descriptive word meaning brave, and in this sentence it stays in the basic form jasiri.

In Swahili, not every descriptive word changes to match the noun class. Some do agree with the noun, but others are often used in a more fixed form. Jasiri is commonly used as an invariable descriptor here, so Rahma ni jasiri is perfectly normal.

Anauliza can be broken down like this:

• a- = he/she
• -na- = present tense
• uliza = ask

So anauliza means he/she is asking or he/she asks, depending on context.

Since Rahma is a person, the subject marker is a-, the normal third-person singular marker for a human being.

The Swahili -na- tense often covers both:

• an action happening now, and
• a general present action or habit

So anauliza maswali mengi darasani can mean:

• she is asking many questions in class, or
• she asks many questions in class

The exact English translation depends on context. In a sentence describing someone's general behavior, English often uses the simple present: she asks.

Yes, in some contexts.

Huuliza uses hu-, which often gives a more clearly habitual meaning:

• anauliza = she asks / she is asking
• huuliza = she usually asks / she habitually asks

So if you want to emphasize that this is something Rahma regularly does, Rahma ni jasiri; huuliza maswali mengi darasani would also be natural.

In Swahili, adjectives and similar modifiers usually come after the noun.

So:

• maswali mengi = many questions

This is the normal word order:

• noun first: maswali
• modifier after it: mengi

English speakers often want to put many first, but Swahili usually does the opposite.

Because maswali belongs to noun class ma-/ya- in the plural, and the modifier must agree with that class.

Singular:

• swali moja = one question

Plural:

• maswali mengi = many questions

The word -ingi changes to match the noun class:

• mengi with ma- nouns
• mingi with some other noun classes, such as mi-

So maswali mengi is the correct agreement.

The singular is swali.

So:

• swali = question
• maswali = questions

This is a common singular/plural pattern in Swahili:

• singular often without ma-
• plural with ma-

Darasani means in class or in the classroom.

It comes from darasa = class/classroom, plus the locative ending -ni, which often gives the idea of:

• in
• at
• to a place, depending on context

So:

• darasa = class
• darasani = in class / in the classroom

This -ni ending is very common in place expressions.

The semicolon links two closely related ideas:

• Rahma ni jasiri
• anauliza maswali mengi darasani

The second clause helps show or support the first one: asking many questions in class shows that Rahma is brave.

You could also separate them with a period:

• Rahma ni jasiri. Anauliza maswali mengi darasani.

The semicolon just makes the connection feel tighter.

Because Rahma is a person, and people normally take the noun class agreement used for human singular nouns.

That means the subject marker is:

• a- = he/she

So:

• Rahma anauliza = Rahma asks / is asking

Even though Rahma is a proper name, Swahili still treats it grammatically like a human noun for agreement purposes.

A few small things may help:

• Rahma: pronounce the h clearly
• jasiri: roughly ja-see-ree
• anauliza: the vowels are all pronounced clearly: a-na-u-li-za
• maswali: sw is pronounced together, roughly ma-swa-li
• mengi: the ng is like the sound in finger, not like just n
• darasani: all vowels are clear: da-ra-sa-ni

Swahili pronunciation is generally more regular than English: most letters are pronounced consistently, and vowels are usually pure and clear.