Safari yetu itafika kwenye maporomoko ya maji kesho.

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Breakdown of Safari yetu itafika kwenye maporomoko ya maji kesho.

• kesho: tomorrow
• yetu: our
• safari: the trip

Questions & Answers about Safari yetu itafika kwenye maporomoko ya maji kesho.

What does safari mean here? Is it the same as the English word safari?

Not exactly. In Swahili, safari usually means journey, trip, travel, or expedition in a broad sense. It does not only mean a wildlife-viewing holiday, the way it often does in English.

So in this sentence, safari yetu means our trip/journey.

Why is yetu after safari? Doesn’t our usually come before the noun in English?

Yes—in English, possessives usually come before the noun: our trip.

In Swahili, possessives usually come after the noun:

• safari yetu = our trip
• nyumba yangu = my house
• kitabu chako = your book

So the order is normal Swahili word order:

• noun + possessive

Why is it itafika and not something starting with ya- or another prefix?