Nitamwona kesho asubuhi.

It has three main parts:

• ni- = I
• -ta- = future tense marker, will
• -mw-ona = see him/her

So:

• ni-ta-mw-ona
• literally: I will him/her see
• natural English: I will see him/her

Swahili often packs subject, tense, and object into one verb.

That is very normal in Swahili. Object markers are often attached directly to the verb.

In nitamwona:

• -mw- is the object marker for him/her (or another singular animate noun)

So instead of saying something like I will see him/her with a separate object pronoun, Swahili can express that object inside the verb itself.

This is one of the big differences from English.

The object marker is basically -m- for a singular animate object, but before a vowel it commonly appears as -mw- for easier pronunciation.

Since the verb stem here is -ona (see), Swahili uses:

• m + ona → mwona

So:

• ni-ta-mw-ona

This helps the word flow more naturally.

It can mean either him or her.

Swahili does not usually mark gender in third-person singular the way English does. So:

• nitamwona = I will see him
• nitamwona = I will see her

You understand which one is meant from context.

It means tomorrow morning.

• kesho = tomorrow
• asubuhi = morning

Together, they give a time expression: tomorrow morning.

That word order is very normal in Swahili.

In this sentence:

• Nitamwona = I will see him/her
• kesho asubuhi = tomorrow morning

So the structure is roughly:

• Verb + time expression

This is common and natural in Swahili, just as in English you can say I will see him tomorrow morning.

Yes. That is also correct.

Putting kesho asubuhi first gives more emphasis to the time:

• Kesho asubuhi nitamwona. = Tomorrow morning, I will see him/her.

Both orders are natural. The difference is mainly one of emphasis or style.

The basic verb is kuona, which means to see.

Its stem is:

• -ona

When you add the subject marker, tense marker, and object marker, you get:

• ni-ta-mw-ona

So nitamwona is built from kuona.

A helpful pronunciation guide is:

• ni-ta-mwo-na

The tricky part for English speakers is mw. Try saying it smoothly as one cluster:

• mwo

So not ni-ta-mu-o-na as separate chunks, but more like:

• ni-ta-mwo-na

Also, Swahili vowels are usually pronounced clearly:

• i as in machine
• a as in father
• o as in more (without English-style glide)

Usually it refers to a singular animate object, often a person.

In a sentence like this, learners will usually understand it as him/her. Depending on context, it can also refer to another singular animate noun.

So in everyday learning, the easiest understanding is:

• nitamwona = I will see him/her

Often, yes.

For a definite human object, Swahili commonly keeps the object marker even when the noun is stated explicitly.

For example:

• Nitamwona Asha kesho asubuhi.
• I will see Asha tomorrow morning.

That object marker helps show clearly that the person is the object of the verb.

You would change the object marker.

For them (people), use -wa-:

• Nitawaona kesho asubuhi.

Breakdown:

• ni- = I
• -ta- = will
• -wa- = them
• -ona = see

So the pattern stays the same, but the object marker changes.

Yes. Nitamwona kesho asubuhi. is a complete, natural sentence.

It already includes:

• the subject: I
• the tense: will
• the object: him/her
• the time: tomorrow morning

So even without any extra words, it works perfectly as a full statement.