happen

[US]/ˈhæpən/
[UK]/ˈhæpən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. kutokea na kusababisha jambo, kutekelezeka; kutokea kwa bahati, kwa ajali
Word Forms
Past Participlehappened
Past Tensehappened
Third Person Singularhappens
Present Participlehappening
Pluralhappens

Phrases & Collocations

what's happening

kinachotokea

accident happened

ajali ilitokea

happen to be

kutokea kuwa

as it happens

kama inavyotokea

happen on

kutokea juu ya

happen to meet

kutokea kukutana

happen to coincide

kutokea kuendana

Example Sentences

It will happen sometime and somewhere.

Kitatokea wakati na mahali fulani.

there happens to be a clash of personalities.

zinatokea migongano ya tabia.

happened to be in the neighborhood.

Ilitokea kuwa karibu na eneo.

a happening of no great importance.

tukio la muhimu kidogo.

happen upon sb. in the street

kutana na mtu barabarani.

Look to it that this doesn't happen again.

Hakikisha kwamba hii haitotokea tena.

My correspondence happens to be rigidly controlled.

Barua zangu hutolewa kwa namna ya kudhibitiwa sana.

It happened on January the seventeenth.

Ilitokea tarehe 17 Januari.

It happened on November first.

Ilitokea tarehe 1 Novemba.

happen I'll go back just for a while.

Nitarejea kwa muda mfupi.

nightclubs for the young are the happening thing.

Vilabu vya usiku kwa vijana ndio jambo la moto.

it happened late in 1984.

Ilitokea mwishoni mwa mwaka wa 1984.

a lot can happen in eight months.

Mengineyo yanaweza kutokea kwa miezi minane.

wondering what would happen next.

akiuliza ni nini kitakachotokea baadaye.

accidents can happen to the unwary traveller.

Ajali zinaweza kutokea kwa wasafiri wasio makini.

It hasn't happened in my memory.

Hajatomanyika katika kumbukumbu yangu.

It happened prior to my arrival.

Hapo ilitokea kabla sijafika.

It so happens that I know the man.

Inavyotokea, ninamjua mwanadamu.

We happened to be in the neighbourhood.

Tulitokea kuwa karibu na eneo.

The accident happened yesterday.

Ajali ilitokea jana.

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