Jua linachomoza mashariki kila asubuhi.

A helpful breakdown is:

• jua = sun
• li-na-chomoza = it rises / it is rising
  
  • li- = subject marker agreeing with jua
  • -na- = present/imperfective marker
  • chomoza = rise, appear, come out
• mashariki = east / in the east
• kila asubuhi = every morning

So the sentence is built very naturally as:

Sun + it-rises + east + every morning

Swahili often does not match English word-for-word, but the structure is very regular.

Because Swahili verbs must agree with the noun class of the subject.

Jua belongs to noun class 5, and the subject marker for class 5 is li-. That is why the verb begins with li-:

• jua linachomoza = the sun rises

If the subject belonged to a different noun class, the verb prefix would change. This agreement system is one of the most important parts of Swahili grammar.

It has three main parts:

• li- = class 5 subject marker, referring back to jua
• -na- = present/imperfective marker
• chomoza = rise, emerge, appear

So linachomoza literally means something like it is rising or it rises.

In English, we often translate it with the simple present here: rises.

It can cover both ideas, depending on context.

In many cases, -na- is used for:

• something happening now
• something regularly happening
• a general present statement

So linachomoza can be understood as:

• is rising
• rises

In this sentence, because of kila asubuhi (every morning), the natural English translation is the habitual one: The sun rises in the east every morning.

You can, and many speakers would find it very natural.

The marker hu- is often used for:

• habitual actions
• general truths
• things that happen regularly

So:

• Jua linachomoza mashariki kila asubuhi = The sun rises in the east every morning
• Jua huchomoza mashariki kila asubuhi = The sun rises in the east every morning

Both are understandable.
A learner should know that hu- is especially common for general facts and repeated events, while -na- is also widely used in context for present or regular actions.

Swahili does not have articles like English a, an, and the.

So jua can mean:

• sun
• the sun

The context tells you which meaning is intended. In this sentence, it is clearly the sun.

This is very normal in Swahili, and English speakers need to get used to not looking for an article.

In Swahili, direction words such as mashariki (east), magharibi (west), kaskazini (north), and kusini (south) can often appear without an extra preposition.

So:

• Jua linachomoza mashariki = The sun rises in the east

This is idiomatic Swahili.

If you want to be more explicit, you may also hear longer expressions such as:

• upande wa mashariki = the eastern side / the east side
• katika mashariki = in the east

But in this sentence, plain mashariki is perfectly natural.

It literally means every morning:

• kila = each / every
• asubuhi = morning

So kila asubuhi is a fixed, common time expression.

You can use kila with many other time words too:

• kila siku = every day
• kila wiki = every week
• kila mwaka = every year

That is a very normal Swahili word order.

A common pattern is:

Subject + verb + place/direction + time

So:

• Jua = subject
• linachomoza = verb
• mashariki = direction/place
• kila asubuhi = time expression

You can also move the time phrase for emphasis:

• Kila asubuhi, jua linachomoza mashariki.

That is still correct. But the version with kila asubuhi at the end sounds very natural and neutral.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

• jua = JOO-ah
• linachomoza = lee-na-cho-MO-za
• mashariki = ma-sha-REE-ki
• kila = KEE-la
• asubuhi = a-su-BU-hi

A few useful points:

• j sounds like English j in jam
• ch sounds like ch in church
• Swahili vowels are usually pure and consistent
• stress is usually on the second-to-last syllable

So the main stresses are:

• linachoMOza
• mashaRIki
• asuBUhi

For a yes/no question, you can often just use intonation:

• Jua linachomoza mashariki kila asubuhi? = Does the sun rise in the east every morning?

You can also add je at the beginning:

• Je, jua linachomoza mashariki kila asubuhi?

For the negative present, you change the verb:

• Jua halichomozi mashariki kila asubuhi. = The sun does not rise in the east every morning.

Here:

• ha- marks negation
• li- still agrees with jua
• the final -a changes to -i in the negative present

So linachomoza becomes halichomozi.