Week 2
Tuesday
Lesson 2: Particular Cases
| Kula! |
Eat! |
Kunywa! |
Drink! |
| Kuleni! |
Eat! (pl.) |
Kunyweni! |
Drink! (pl.) |
Monosyllabic verbs keep the prefix KU- of the infinitive :
Verbs of Arabic Origin
| Jaribu! |
Try! |
Jaribuni! |
Try! (pl.) |
| Rudi! |
Come back! |
Rudini! |
Come back! (pl.) |
| (Ni-)samehe! |
Forgive (-me)! |
(Ni-)sameheni! |
Forgive (-me)! |
Verbs of Arabic origin, behave as verbs of Bantu origin in the second person singular. In the second person plural, we add -NI at the end of the radical, without modifying the final vowel (E, I ou U) :
Exceptions
| Lete! |
Bring! |
Leteni! |
Bring! (pl.) |
| Njoo! |
Come! |
Njooni! |
Come! (pl.) |
| Nenda! |
Go! |
Nendeni! |
Go! (pl.) |
