geuka

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-geuka (infinitive kugeuka)

  1. Stative form of -geua: to turn, be changed
  2. to turn (toward a direction)
    geuka kulia
    turn right

Conjugation

Conjugation of -geuka
Positive present -nageuka
Subjunctive -geuke
Negative -geuki
Imperative singular geuka
Infinitives
Positive kugeuka
Negative kutogeuka
Imperatives
Singular geuka
Plural geukeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hugeuka
Positive past positive subject concord + -ligeuka
Negative past negative subject concord + -kugeuka
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nageuka)
Singular Plural
1st person ninageuka/nageuka tunageuka
2nd person unageuka mnageuka
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anageuka wanageuka
other classes positive subject concord + -nageuka
Negative present (negative subject concord + -geuki)
Singular Plural
1st person sigeuki hatugeuki
2nd person hugeuki hamgeuki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hageuki hawageuki
other classes negative subject concord + -geuki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tageuka
Negative future negative subject concord + -tageuka
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -geuke)
Singular Plural
1st person nigeuke tugeuke
2nd person ugeuke mgeuke
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ageuke wageuke
other classes positive subject concord + -geuke
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sigeuke
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngegeuka
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singegeuka
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaligeuka
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaligeuka
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ageuka)
Singular Plural
1st person nageuka twageuka
2nd person wageuka mwageuka
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ageuka wageuka
m-mi(III/IV) wageuka yageuka
ji-ma(V/VI) lageuka yageuka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chageuka vyageuka
n(IX/X) yageuka zageuka
u(XI) wageuka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwageuka
pa(XVI) pageuka
mu(XVIII) mwageuka
Perfect positive subject concord + -megeuka
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshageuka
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jageuka
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kigeuka
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipogeuka
Consecutive kageuka / positive subject concord + -kageuka
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kageuke
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nigeuka -tugeuka
2nd person -kugeuka -wageuka/-kugeukeni/-wageukeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mgeuka -wageuka
m-mi(III/IV) -ugeuka -igeuka
ji-ma(V/VI) -ligeuka -yageuka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kigeuka -vigeuka
n(IX/X) -igeuka -zigeuka
u(XI) -ugeuka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kugeuka
pa(XVI) -pageuka
mu(XVIII) -mugeuka
Reflexive -jigeuka
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -geuka- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -geukaye -geukao
m-mi(III/IV) -geukao -geukayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -geukalo -geukayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -geukacho -geukavyo
n(IX/X) -geukayo -geukazo
u(XI) -geukao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -geukako
pa(XVI) -geukapo
mu(XVIII) -geukamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -geuka)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yegeuka -ogeuka
m-mi(III/IV) -ogeuka -yogeuka
ji-ma(V/VI) -logeuka -yogeuka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chogeuka -vyogeuka
n(IX/X) -yogeuka -zogeuka
u(XI) -ogeuka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kogeuka
pa(XVI) -pogeuka
mu(XVIII) -mogeuka
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

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