geuka

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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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.

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • geuko (“transformation, change”)