na 1

Phonetic

[ná]

Swahili: Translation

1 kuwa na. 2 na, kwa

English: Translation

1 have/has. 2 with

Part of Speech

auxiliary verb

preposition

Example Sentence

twina (tu+ina) vaana vadatu

Swahili: Example Sentence

tuna watoto watatu

English: Example Sentence

we have three children

Morphology

ndina, tuna, una, wina, muna, ana/ina; twina, mwina, vina/vana

Notes

In present tense, subject marker + i-. In future tense, no tense marker is added, so it is only the subject marker.