happen - enzeka

Word information

Part of speech	verb
Infinitive	ukwenzeka
Inchoative	no
Transitivity	intransitive
Note	"enzeka" is sometimes used in the construction "into eyenzekayo" ("the thing that happens") which can be used at the beginning of a sentence to introduce new information, similar to the English construction "What happens is that..."

Example sentences

• English

  An accident could happen.

  IsiXhosa

  Ingozi ingenzeka.

• English

  The thing that happens is that children don't listen in school.

  IsiXhosa

  Into eyenzekayo yile nto yokuba abantwana abamaleli esikolweni.

Linked words

Link type	Other word
Related meaning	do - enza (⁨⁩⁨⁩⁨⁩⁨transitive⁩ ⁨verb⁩)
Related meaning	probably - kungenzeka (⁨⁩⁨⁩⁨⁩⁨⁩⁨adverb⁩)