Matumizi ya kila mwezi yana gharama za lazima.

to have

Breakdown of Matumizi ya kila mwezi yana gharama za lazima.

• matumizi ya kila mwezi: the monthly expenses
• gharama za lazima: the essential expenses

Questions & Answers about Matumizi ya kila mwezi yana gharama za lazima.

What does matumizi mean here?

Here, matumizi means expenses, spending, or expenditure.

The word can also mean use or usage in other contexts, but in this sentence it is clearly about money because it is followed by gharama and described as ya kila mwezi.

So in this sentence, matumizi is best understood as monthly expenses or monthly spending.

What does ya kila mwezi mean?

Ya kila mwezi means monthly or more literally of every month.

Breakdown:

• ya = of
• kila = every
• mwezi = month

So:

• matumizi ya kila mwezi = expenses of every month = monthly expenses

This is a very common Swahili way to express an adjective-like idea. Instead of one single word like monthly, Swahili often uses a phrase such as of every month.

Why is ya used after matumizi?