Tutaifungasha zawadi ya bibi kwa karatasi ya bluu.

It has four parts:

• tu- = we
• -ta- = future tense, will
• -i- = object marker, it
• -fungasha = wrap / package

So Tutaifungasha literally means We will wrap it.

The -i- is an object marker that refers to zawadi (gift).

Since zawadi belongs to noun class 9, the object marker used for it is i-. So the verb already includes the idea of it before the noun zawadi is even said.

That is why you get:

• Tutaifungasha zawadi... = We will wrap the gift / we will wrap it, the gift...

English does not usually repeat the object like this, but Swahili often can.

Yes. That sentence is also grammatical.

• Tutafungasha zawadi ya bibi kwa karatasi ya bluu.
• Tutaifungasha zawadi ya bibi kwa karatasi ya bluu.

Both can mean the same thing.

Using the object marker -i- often makes the object sound more specific, known, or already understood from context. So Tutaifungasha... can feel a bit like We will wrap it — the gift...

Zawadi is in noun class 9 singular. That matters because noun class affects agreement in Swahili.

In this sentence, class 9 shows up in two important places:

• object marker: i- in Tutaifungasha
• possessive/link word: ya in zawadi ya bibi

So the grammar is not random; it follows the noun class of zawadi.

The word ya is a linking form that agrees with the noun before it.

Here:

• zawadi ya bibi = grandmother’s gift / the gift of grandmother
• karatasi ya bluu = blue paper (literally something like paper of blue)

Both zawadi and karatasi are class 9 nouns, so the connector is ya in both cases.

A key point: ya agrees with the first noun, not the noun or adjective after it.

Usually no. Bluu is a borrowed color word, and words like this often stay unchanged.

So you say:

• karatasi ya bluu = blue paper

The agreement is shown by ya, not by changing bluu itself.

Here kwa means something like with, using, or by means of.

So:

• kwa karatasi ya bluu = with blue paper

In this sentence, it tells you the material or means used for wrapping.

Normally, zawadi ya bibi means grandmother’s gift — a gift belonging to, associated with, or coming from grandmother.

If you want to say a gift for grandmother, Swahili more naturally uses kwa:

• zawadi kwa bibi = a gift for grandmother

So ya usually shows possession or close association, while kwa often shows the recipient.

A helpful way to see it is:

• Tutaifungasha = We will wrap it
• zawadi ya bibi = grandmother’s gift
• kwa karatasi ya bluu = with blue paper

So the overall pattern is:

• verb
• object noun phrase
• prepositional phrase

Also remember that the subject we is already inside the verb as tu-, so Swahili does not need a separate word for we here.

Yes. -fungasha means to wrap, to package, or to bundle up.

So Tutaifungasha is a natural way to say We will wrap it.

Depending on context, it can refer to wrapping a present, packing something, or putting something in wrapping material.