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.
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