Mama anaandaa futari nyumbani wakati wa Ramadhani.

Anaandaa can be analyzed like this:

• a- = he/she
• -na- = present / ongoing tense
• andaa = the verb stem prepare
• final -a = the normal verb ending

So anaandaa means he/she is preparing or sometimes he/she prepares, depending on context.

A very literal breakdown is:

• a-na-andaa = she/he-is-preparing

In this sentence, because the subject is Mama, it is understood as she is preparing.

In Swahili, the idea of is/am/are is often built into the verb rather than expressed as a separate word like in English.

So instead of saying something like:

• Mama is preparing

Swahili uses one verb form:

• Mama anaandaa

The -na- inside the verb carries the idea of a present action, similar to English is ...-ing in many contexts.

Mama refers to a person, so it takes the normal human singular subject marker a-.

Examples:

• Mama anaandaa = Mother is preparing
• Baba anasoma = Father is reading
• Mtoto analala = The child is sleeping

That a- means he/she for a singular person.

If the subject were plural, you would use wa-:

• Mama wanaandaa would not normally work for one mother
• Wamama wanaandaa = Mothers are preparing

Swahili does not use articles like English a/an/the.

So a noun can often mean:

• mother
• the mother
• a mother
• mom

depending on context.

Also, family words like Mama and Baba are very commonly used almost like names or titles. So Mama anaandaa... can sound natural in the same way English might say Mom is preparing...

If you specifically want to say my mother, you could say:

• Mama yangu

Yes. Futari refers to the meal for breaking the fast during Ramadan, the same basic idea as Arabic iftar.

In Swahili, especially in East African Muslim usage, futari is a common word. So:

• anaandaa futari = is preparing the iftar / the breaking-of-the-fast meal

Depending on region and speaker, pronunciation and spelling can vary a little, but futari is a normal Swahili word.

Nyumba means house/home as a noun.

Nyumbani is a locative form, meaning something like:

• at home
• in the house
• at the house

So:

• nyumba = house/home
• nyumbani = at home / in the home

In this sentence, nyumbani tells you the location where the action happens.

Wakati wa Ramadhani means during Ramadan or at the time of Ramadan.

Breakdown:

• wakati = time
• wa = of
• Ramadhani = Ramadan

So literally it is something like the time of Ramadan.

In natural English, that becomes during Ramadan.

Wa is a connector often translated as of. It agrees with the noun before it.

Here the noun is wakati (time), and the correct connector with it is wa:

• wakati wa Ramadhani = the time of Ramadan / during Ramadan

You will see similar connectors elsewhere in Swahili:

• siku ya Jumatatu = day of Monday = Monday
• jina la mtoto = name of the child
• kitabu cha mwanafunzi = the student's book

So wa here is just the correct agreement form for wakati.

It can sometimes do either, depending on context.

-na- often gives a present/ongoing meaning, so anaandaa can mean:

• is preparing
• prepares

In this sentence, because of wakati wa Ramadhani, many learners will naturally understand it as a regular or typical action during Ramadan:

• Mom prepares iftar at home during Ramadan

But it could also describe something currently happening in a Ramadan-time situation.

If you want a more clearly habitual meaning, Swahili often uses hu-:

• Mama huandaa futari nyumbani wakati wa Ramadhani.
• Mother usually prepares iftar at home during Ramadan.

The dictionary form of the verb is kuandaa = to prepare.

Its stem is andaa. Because the stem itself already contains long vowel sounds, forms like anaandaa can look unusual to English speakers.

So this is normal:

• kuandaa = to prepare
• anaandaa = she is preparing

The double aa is not a mistake. It is just part of how the verb is built.

The basic order is very similar to English:

• Mama = subject
• anaandaa = verb
• futari = object
• nyumbani = place
• wakati wa Ramadhani = time

So the sentence follows a common pattern:

Subject + Verb + Object + Place + Time

Swahili word order is somewhat flexible, especially for emphasis, but this version is very natural and straightforward for learners.

Yes, that would still be understandable, and it is not grammatically wrong.

Swahili often allows some flexibility with time and place phrases. However, the original order:

• Mama anaandaa futari nyumbani wakati wa Ramadhani

sounds very natural.

Putting nyumbani before wakati wa Ramadhani makes the sentence flow nicely as:

• what she does
• where she does it
• when it happens

Ramadhani is a standard Swahili spelling for Ramadan.

A rough pronunciation is:

• ra-ma-DHA-ni

The dh represents a sound like the th in this, not the th in thin.

So it is not pronounced exactly like English Ramadan. Swahili keeps the dh sound in the spelling:

• Ramadhani

This is very common in Swahili words influenced by Arabic.