Stative Verbs in Rukiga

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

Stative verbs/tense convey verbs when they are used to express a state or condition rather than an action or to convey the idea of “becoming done” or “to be doable”. Additionally, in Rukiga it can mean to “appear” or to “look like”. More information can be found here.

Construction:

The basic formula to make verbs in Rukiga stative is:

Verb Stem (VS) minus “-a” + “eka/ika”

Some examples:

Ku-shoma – shomeka

Ku-rya – riika

Ku-shara– sharika