"We will move to the houses if they are ready"

Translation: Nyumba zikiwa tayari tutahamia

[Ben837613]

Thr sentence structure of the English answer is confusing. Having the object as the first word in the sentence is something I'm struggling with anyway.

[TheLinguist3]

Where is the word for "we will move"?

[juryrigging]

A closer English word order would be "if the houses are ready, we will move (to them)".

Nyumba -- houses
zikiwa -- if they are
tayari -- ready
tutahamia -- we will move to

If you remember your pronouns and tenses, looking for the word starting with those is usually a safe bet.

[AGreatUserName]

tutahamia

[shakir.mol]

What's the difference between hama and hamia

[DeLogosarda]

I think "hamia" is the prepositional form of "hama"; "to move to" vs. "to move"

Just a guess, though; someone please correct me

[AGreatUserName]

-hama means “move from” by default. -hamia means “move to”

[MartinMonn2]

This is just not true! The English should be "If the houses are ready we will move". Don't make it harder than it has to be!

[Ben837613]

Can someone please explain the sentence structure to me? 15042020

[machielspu]

Consider it two short sentences. First has subject nyumba (the house .. is ready) second subject tu- (we .. will move). The two sentences are connected by the -ki- (if)

[BeepBopNotaBot]

Would tutaZIhamia be incorrect?

[FareedSamu]

I'm not native, but technically, I don't think so. It would be kind of redundant though, since the -ni at the end of nyumbani indicates the location AKA "object".