Manukuu yako kwenye skrini.

In Swahili, possessives usually come after the noun they describe.

So the pattern is:

• manukuu yako = your captions/subtitles
• literally: captions your

This is normal Swahili word order. You will see the same pattern in many other phrases:

• kitabu changu = my book
• rafiki yako = your friend
• nyumba yetu = our house

Yako is the possessive form that matches the noun class of manukuu.

Swahili possessives do not just change for person like English my, your, our. They also have to agree with the noun class of the noun.

Here:

• -ako = your
• manukuu takes the agreement prefix ya-
• so ya- + -ako = yako

That is why you get manukuu yako.

A useful comparison:

• manukuu yako = your captions
• kitabu chako = your book
• nyimbo zako = your songs

The your part changes shape depending on the noun class.

In this sentence, manukuu is treated as a class 6 noun, which often has a plural or collective sense.

Depending on context, manukuu can refer to things like:

• captions
• subtitles
• transcript text
• quoted text

For a learner, the important thing in this sentence is not to force it too strictly into English singular/plural logic. What matters most is:

• it behaves like a noun that takes ya- agreement
• that is why the possessive is yako

Kwenye is a very common location word. In this sentence it means something like:

• on
• in
• at

The exact English translation depends on context.

So kwenye skrini is naturally understood as:

• on the screen

You will also see kwenye in many other places:

• kwenye meza = on the table
• kwenye gari = in the car
• kwenye ofisi = at the office

It is a flexible locative word, so do not expect a perfect one-to-one match with a single English preposition.

Swahili often leaves out the equivalent of is/are, especially in short present-tense statements, labels, and interface language.

So:

• Manukuu yako kwenye skrini.

can naturally mean:

• Your captions are on the screen.

This kind of omission is very common. English requires are, but Swahili often does not.

In a fuller sentence, Swahili can express location more explicitly, but short forms like this are very normal, especially in app or device text.

In practice, here it is best understood as on the screen.

But literally, kwenye is broader than English on. It covers several location meanings that English separates into different prepositions.

So the Swahili phrase does not obsess over the same distinction English does. The context tells you the intended meaning.

With skrini, the natural English translation is definitely on the screen.

Skrini is a loanword, ultimately from screen.

This is very common in modern Swahili, especially for technology-related vocabulary. Swahili often adapts borrowed words to its own spelling and pronunciation system.

So:

• English screen
• Swahili skrini

A learner should get used to seeing many tech terms like this in Swahili.

It is pronounced roughly like skree-nee.

A simple breakdown is:

• skri = like skree
• ni = like nee

Swahili pronunciation is usually more consistent than English spelling, so once you know the sound values, words are often easier to pronounce than they look.

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

So a phrase like:

• kwenye skrini

can mean:

• on a screen
• on the screen

The context tells you which one is meant.

In this sentence, the natural English translation is on the screen, even though Swahili does not use a separate word for the.

Usually kwenye skrini is the more natural choice for on the screen.

Katika often means in, inside, within, and can sound less natural for a surface like a screen.

So for this context:

• kwenye skrini = the normal choice

If you want to sound natural, it is best to learn kwenye with expressions like this.