kitenzi
kee-TEH-nzee
How to say it
Swahilikitenzikee-TEH-nzee
Englishverb (grammar)
Frenchverbe
Meaning
A word that expresses an action or a state, such as kula, to eat, or kuwa, to be; in Swahili it carries markers for the subject, tense and object.
Good to know
Ki/vi class noun, plural vitenzi. A grammar word: kitenzi kikuu, the main verb; kitenzi kisaidizi, an auxiliary verb. The subject is mtenda and the object kitendwa.
Examples
- Katika sentensi hii, kitenzi ni anasoma.In this sentence, the verb is anasoma.
- Wanafunzi walijifunza kunyambua vitenzi vya Kiswahili.The students learned to derive Swahili verbs.
- Kila sentensi kamili ina kitenzi.Every complete sentence has a verb.
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