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.

Contributors
  • William Moultrie
  • Cael Marquard
  • Jacob Lund
  • Gcingca Luvo