"He drinks coffee every morning."

Translation: Anakunywa kahawa kila asubuhi.

[Jb11131999]

Does kila ever change to match the noun class or is it always kila?

[AGreatUserName]

It's always kila. I think it comes from Arabic and the ki- is just a coincidence.

[KareemRaad]

In Arabic "kulla" is "every" -- pretty much the same word pronounced with slightly more of an i intonation than u

[Ernst557459]

Would Yeye hunywa kahawa asubuhi. be another correct translation?

[aboutpurpo]

It should be - this is clearly the habitual tense

[shakir.mol]

In dar kahawa can mean pure coffee without milk
They usually have ppl moving around with it
Ive heard coffee as the coffee that has milk

[SarahWesto5]

Could you explain why in this case the ku at the begining of the verb is retained - unlike kula and kuja it isn't an offensively short verb!

[Ernst557459]

Well, the stem -nywa is actually one syllable, offensive of not :) Remember that the letter y in Swahili is not a vowel but a consonant. It is pronounced like the y in New York, not like the one is quickly. So, the ny is similar to the Spanish letter ñ in mañana. This followed by a w then becomes somewhat of a tongue breaker :)

[SarahWesto5]

That's a great answer, and makes sense now, thank you Ernst.

[Zacaris]

What is wrong with saying, yeye hunywa, instead of, anakunywa?