Causative Verbs in Rukiga

This page provides the basic details of causative verbs in Rukiga relevant for a beginner. Throughout the page, we use verbs that start in the “ku-” form, the basic Rukiga verb form.

Causative verbs convey the meaning of English words of causality, either having something do something or using something to do something.

Construction:

The basic formula to make verbs in Rukiga causative is:

Verb Stem (VS) minus “-a” + “isa/esa”

Typically, verbs that whose last syllable contains nasal sounds like ‘n’, ‘m’, or ‘ng’ or those with sound “u” in the first syllable usually take “-isa”.

Also, verb stems that end in “-ra” change to “-za” as their ending.

Some examples:

Ku-shoma – shomesa

Ku-hinga – hingisa

Ku-rara – raza

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