"Mwanafunzi anasimama"

Translation: A student is standing

[PetterNord]

Could "kusimama" also mean "to stay"?

[AGreatUserName]

Generally kukaa ("to sit") also means "to stay". Kusimama has the secondary meaning of "to stop", such as while driving ... you come to a "standstill".

[Anna662726]

I'm assuming that 'to stand', as in to stand for office etc. would have a different translation?

[AGreatUserName]

Oddly enough, there is an entry for that in Glosbe:

-wania
https://glosbe.com/en/sw/stand%20for%20a%20political%20office

https://glosbe.com/sw/en/kuwania

There is also -gombea
https://glosbe.com/sw/en/-gombea

-gombea uchaguzi
https://glosbe.com/sw/en/-gombea%20uchaguzi

[Ilkacazebo]

i have confused the indifference b/w stop and stand
when you are in ksawihli language
they are using same meaning

[deactivated user]

why is "THE student is standing" wrong?

[1Nzinga]

"The students stands" is also correct?!

[machieng]

student, singular