Meaning of ku- | Babel Free

Definitions

1. [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ku class|ku class_((XV))]] noun prefix; used before verb stem with eventual object concord to form infinitive
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2. used to form verbnoun
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3. it, there; [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ku class|ku class_((XV))]]/[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ku locative class|ku class_((XVII))]] subject concord
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4. used after auxiliary verbs that do not require subject agreement and tense/aspect marking on the dependent verb
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5. verb-initial form of -ku- (“there, [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ku locative class|ku class_((XVII))]] object concord”)
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6. used after -a (including in the presense of a subject)
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7. used after na to replace elided subject agreement and tense/aspect marking
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8. [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ku class|ku class_((XV))]]/[[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ku locative class|ku class_((XVII))]] adjective agreement prefix
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9. verb-initial form of -ku- (“you, 2st person singular (or, if with suffix -ni, plural) object concord”)
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Equivalents

Examples

“Kufanya kazi ni muhimu ili kupata pesa.”

Working is important in order to earn money.

“Nataka kukisoma.”

I want to read it.

“Ilisababisha watu kujifunza zaidi.”

It caused people to study more.

“Watu wasiopungua kumi wanadaiwa kuuawa na wengine zaidi ya thelathini kujeruhiwa vibaya.”

At least ten people are claimed to have been killed and more than thirty others to have been seriously injured.

“kitabu cha kufundishia”

book of instruction

“baada ya kipindi kupita”

after the period passes/passed

“Nilisoma na kuandika.”

I read and wrote.

“Kusafiri ni kuzuri sana.”

Traveling is great.

“mahali kuzuri”

a nice area

“Kutoa kunatokana na moyo.”

Giving comes from the heart.

“Kuna watu wengi nchini wanaotaka amani.”

There are many people in the country who want peace.

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