Ninapenda kula omeleti na mkate kabla ya kwenda kazini.

Ninapenda can be divided into:

• ni- = I
• -na- = present tense marker
• -penda = like or love

So ninapenda means I like or I love, depending on context. In this sentence, I like is the natural meaning.

Because Swahili normally uses the infinitive after verbs like to like, to want, to know how, and so on.

• kula = to eat
• ninapenda kula = I like to eat

This is similar to English I like to eat. Swahili does not usually say the equivalent of I like I eat here.

Here, na means and.

So:

• omeleti na mkate = omelet and bread

However, na can also mean with in other contexts. Swahili uses the same word for both ideas, so you understand it from context.

It can feel like either in English, depending on how you want to phrase it.

Literally, na is just linking the two nouns:

• omeleti na mkate = omelet and bread

But in natural English, when talking about food, you might also translate it as omelet with bread. The Swahili wording works for that kind of idea too.

No, omeleti is a loanword, borrowed from a European language form of omelet/omelette.

Swahili uses many loanwords, especially for foods, technology, and modern life. That is very normal.

Because kabla ya is the normal expression for before in Swahili.

• kabla ya = before
• kwenda = to go / going

So:

• kabla ya kwenda = before going

The ya is part of this common structure and should not be left out here.

After kabla ya, Swahili commonly uses the infinitive form:

• kwenda = to go / going

So:

• kabla ya kwenda kazini = before going to work

This is similar to English before going to work. The subject is understood from the sentence, so Swahili does not need to repeat I here.

• kazi = work, job
• kazini = at work, to work, in the workplace

The ending -ni is a locative ending. It often gives the idea of a place or location.

So:

• kwenda kazi would sound incomplete or unnatural here
• kwenda kazini = to go to work

No. The verb already includes the subject.

In ninapenda:

• ni- already means I

So you do not need to add mimi unless you want emphasis.

• Ninapenda... = I like...
• Mimi ninapenda... = I, personally, like...

The second version sounds more emphatic or contrastive.

Yes, it is fairly similar here.

The sentence goes like this:

• Ninapenda = I like
• kula omeleti na mkate = to eat omelet and bread
• kabla ya kwenda kazini = before going to work

So the overall order is very natural for an English speaker: I like + to eat + omelet and bread + before going to work

You could also move the time phrase for emphasis:

• Kabla ya kwenda kazini, ninapenda kula omeleti na mkate.

That means the same thing.

It can mean both to like and to love.

• kupenda = to like / to love

The exact meaning depends on context. With food or activities, it usually means like:

• Ninapenda kula omeleti = I like eating omelets

With people, it can be stronger and closer to love:

• Ninampenda = I love him/her or I like him/her, depending on context

In this sentence, like is clearly the best translation.