Swala yule anakimbia haraka kuliko mbuzi.

A simple breakdown is:

• swala = gazelle / antelope
• yule = that one / that (animate singular)
• anakimbia = is running / runs
• haraka = quickly / fast
• kuliko = than
• mbuzi = goat

So the whole sentence means something like That gazelle runs faster than a goat or That gazelle runs faster than the goat, depending on context.

Yule is a demonstrative used for an animate singular noun. It usually means that or that one, often with the sense of:

• something a bit farther away, or
• something already known in the conversation

So swala yule is that gazelle.

Because Swahili normally puts demonstratives after the noun.

So:

• English: that gazelle
• Swahili: swala yule

This is a very common pattern in Swahili:

• mtoto huyu = this child
• mbwa yule = that dog

In this sentence, the gazelle is treated as an animate being, so it takes animate agreement.

That is why you see:

• yule for that one (animate singular)
• a- in anakimbia for the subject he/she/it (animate singular)

This is very common with animals, especially when talking about a specific animal.

Anakimbia can be divided like this:

• a- = subject marker for animate singular (he/she/it)
• -na- = present / ongoing tense
• -kimbia = run

So anakimbia literally works like he/she/it is running or he/she/it runs.

Because Swahili often packs the subject and tense into the verb itself.

In English, you need separate words:

• it is running

In Swahili, one verb can already include all that:

• anakimbia

So there is no need for a separate word like is here.

Swahili does not have to change haraka into a special comparative form the way English changes fast into faster.

Instead, it uses:

• haraka = fast / quickly
• kuliko = than

So:

• anakimbia haraka kuliko mbuzi
• literally: runs fast/more quickly than a goat
• natural English: runs faster than a goat

Both can be possible, but haraka by itself is very common and natural with verbs like -kimbia.

So:

• anakimbia haraka = he/she/it runs fast
• anakimbia kwa haraka = he/she/it runs quickly

The version without kwa is shorter and very normal.

Swahili does not have articles like a and the, so mbuzi can mean:

• a goat
• the goat
• sometimes even goat in a general sense

Also, mbuzi is one of those nouns whose singular and plural often look the same. Context tells you which meaning is intended.

In this sentence, the intended meaning is singular because that is what the translation shows.

A natural plural version would be:

• Swala wale wanakimbia haraka kuliko mbuzi.

Changes:

• yule → wale = those
• anakimbia → wanakimbia = they run / are running

So this means Those gazelles run faster than goats or Those gazelles run faster than the goats, depending on context.