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CHAPTER 5 The BASE of a Kirundi verb is defined as the root plus all suffixes except the final suffix.

Most kinds of Kirundi verb forms must contain, in addition to the stem, a subject prefix:

It will be noted that the subject prefixes stand for combinations of person (first, second, third) and number (singular, plural):

If /asoma/ is translated 'he, she reads', what is the translation of

If /bageenda/ is one translation is equivalent of 'they go' write the corresponding translation equivalent of: