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kuja

KOO-jah

How to say it

SwahilikujaKOO-jahsoon
Englishto come
Frenchvenir

Meaning

To move toward the speaker or toward the place being talked about; also to happen or arrive in the future.

Good to know

The ku stays in most tenses: anakuja, she is coming; nitakuja, I will come; alikuja, he came. The command is njoo, plural njooni. Wiki ijayo means next week.

Examples

  • Rafiki yangu atakuja kesho asubuhi.My friend will come tomorrow morning.
  • Alikuja nyumbani kwetu jana.He came to our house yesterday.
  • Wiki ijayo tutakuja kukutembelea.Next week we will come to visit you.

The same word in

Forms

msije, njoo

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