-kwa: Also

Level 3

root + kwa: also.

How It Works

The ending -kwa adds “also” or “too”.

SayMeaning
Ọ zụtakwara anụ.He or she also bought meat.
Ọ bịakwara.He or she also came.
Ada gakwara ahịa.Ada also went to the market.

The result is part of the verb, so write it joined. The past ending then follows, as in zụtakwara. Compare -cha “finish”.

The -kwa goes straight after the root, before the past ending: zụta becomes zụtakwara and ṅụ becomes ṅụkwara. The meaning stays “also”.

Examples (4)

  1. Ọ zụtakwara anụ.

    He or she also bought meat.

    Zụta plus kwa plus ra.

  2. Ọ bịakwara.

    He or she also came.

    Bịa plus kwa plus ra.

  3. Ada gakwara ahịa.

    Ada also went to the market.

    Ga plus kwa plus ra.

  4. Anyị ṅụkwara mmiri.

    We also drank water.

    Ṅụ plus kwa plus ra.

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-kwa: AlsoLevel 3

Learn This First

The ending -kwa comes before the past ending, so the past ending comes first.