Trekta likitengenezwa kesho, tutapeleka nafaka ghalani haraka zaidi.

It can be broken down like this:

• li- = subject agreement for trekta
• -ki- = if / when
• tengenezw- = passive form of tengeneza (repair / fix / make)
• -a = final vowel

So likitengenezwa means if it is repaired or when it is repaired, with it referring to trekta.

No. In this sentence, li- is not a past tense marker.

Here, li- is the subject marker agreeing with trekta. So it means something like it.

That is an important point for learners, because li- can also appear in other contexts as part of tense marking. But here it is noun-class agreement, not tense.

In this sentence, trekta is being treated as a class 5 noun, which is why the verb uses li-.

So:

• trekta → class 5 singular
• agreement on the verb → li-

With borrowed nouns in Swahili, class assignment can sometimes vary, but in this sentence the agreement clearly shows that trekta is being handled as class 5.

It can mean either if or when, depending on context.

In a structure like likitengenezwa, -ki- often introduces a conditional or time relationship:

• if it is repaired
• when it is repaired

In English, translators often choose if when the action is uncertain, and when when it is expected to happen. So the exact nuance depends on context.

Because the sentence focuses on what happens to the tractor, not on who repairs it.

• tengeneza = repair / fix
• tengenezwa = be repaired / be fixed

So:

• likitengenezwa = if it is repaired
• not if someone repairs it

Swahili uses the passive very naturally in cases like this, especially when the doer is unknown, unimportant, or obvious from context.

It breaks down like this:

• tu- = we
• -ta- = future tense marker
• peleka = take / carry / deliver

So tutapeleka means we will take or we will deliver.

This is the main clause of the sentence, while Trekta likitengenezwa kesho is the dependent clause.

Because kesho is modifying that whole first clause: if/when the tractor is repaired tomorrow.

Swahili often places time words after the verb or clause they go with. So this order is natural:

• Trekta likitengenezwa kesho = if the tractor is repaired tomorrow

If you moved kesho, the emphasis or attachment might change slightly, though the overall meaning could still be understood from context.

The ending -ni is a locative ending.

• ghala = storehouse / granary / warehouse
• ghalani = in / at / to the granary/storehouse

Because the verb peleka involves movement, ghalani is naturally understood as the destination:

• tutapeleka nafaka ghalani = we will take the grain to the granary

So -ni often gives a meaning like in, at, or to, depending on the verb and context.

Because Swahili does not use articles the way English does.

So nouns like:

• trekta
• nafaka
• ghala / ghalani

do not need separate words for a, an, or the.

English has to choose one in translation, but Swahili usually leaves that to context.

It means more quickly or faster.

• haraka = quickly / speed / haste
• zaidi = more

Together:

• haraka zaidi = more quickly, faster

It implies comparison, even if the comparison is not stated directly. In context, it usually means something like:

• faster than before
• faster than we otherwise would
• faster once the tractor is available

Yes, in many contexts kwa haraka zaidi would also be understandable.

But Swahili often allows haraka to function adverbially without kwa, so haraka zaidi sounds natural here.

Very roughly:

• haraka zaidi = more quickly / faster
• kwa haraka zaidi = in a quicker way / more quickly

The version in the sentence is concise and idiomatic.

Yes, Swahili word order is somewhat flexible, and the condition can come before or after the main clause.

For example, a reversed version could be understood as:

• Tutapeleka nafaka ghalani haraka zaidi trekta likitengenezwa kesho.

But the original order is clearer and more natural for many learners because it mirrors an English-style if-clause + main clause structure:

• Trekta likitengenezwa kesho, tutapeleka...

The comma also helps show that the first part is a condition.