balehe

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَلَغَ (balaḡa).

Pronunciation

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Verb

-balehe (infinitive kubalehe)

1. to reach puberty

Conjugation

Conjugation of -balehe
Positive present -nabalehe Subjunctive -balehe Negative -balehe Imperative singular balehe
Infinitives
Positive kubalehe Negative kutobalehe
Imperatives
Singular balehe Plural baleheni
Tensed forms
Habitual hubalehe Positive past positive subject concord + -libalehe Negative past negative subject concord + -kubalehe
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nabalehe) Singular Plural 1st person ninabalehe/nabalehe tunabalehe 2nd person unabalehe mnabalehe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anabalehe wanabalehe other classes positive subject concord + -nabalehe
Negative present (negative subject concord + -balehe) Singular Plural 1st person sibalehe hatubalehe 2nd person hubalehe hambalehe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) habalehe hawabalehe other classes negative subject concord + -balehe
Positive future positive subject concord + -tabalehe Negative future negative subject concord + -tabalehe
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -balehe) Singular Plural 1st person nibalehe tubalehe 2nd person ubalehe mbalehe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) abalehe wabalehe other classes positive subject concord + -balehe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sibalehe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngebalehe Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singebalehe Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalibalehe Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalibalehe
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -abalehe) Singular Plural 1st person nabalehe twabalehe 2nd person wabalehe mwabalehe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) abalehe wabalehe m-mi(III/IV) wabalehe yabalehe ji-ma(V/VI) labalehe yabalehe ki-vi(VII/VIII) chabalehe vyabalehe n(IX/X) yabalehe zabalehe u(XI) wabalehe see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwabalehe pa(XVI) pabalehe mu(XVIII) mwabalehe
Perfect positive subject concord + -mebalehe "Already" positive subject concord + -meshabalehe "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jabalehe "If/When" positive subject concord + -kibalehe "If not" positive subject concord + -sipobalehe Consecutive kabalehe / positive subject concord + -kabalehe Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kabalehe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nibalehe -tubalehe 2nd person -kubalehe -wabalehe/-kubaleheni/-wabaleheni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mbalehe -wabalehe m-mi(III/IV) -ubalehe -ibalehe ji-ma(V/VI) -libalehe -yabalehe ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kibalehe -vibalehe n(IX/X) -ibalehe -zibalehe u(XI) -ubalehe see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kubalehe pa(XVI) -pabalehe mu(XVIII) -mubalehe Reflexive -jibalehe
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -balehe- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -baleheye -baleheo m-mi(III/IV) -baleheo -baleheyo ji-ma(V/VI) -balehelo -baleheyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -balehecho -balehevyo n(IX/X) -baleheyo -balehezo u(XI) -baleheo see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -baleheko pa(XVI) -balehepo mu(XVIII) -balehemo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -balehe) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yebalehe -obalehe m-mi(III/IV) -obalehe -yobalehe ji-ma(V/VI) -lobalehe -yobalehe ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chobalehe -vyobalehe n(IX/X) -yobalehe -zobalehe u(XI) -obalehe see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kobalehe pa(XVI) -pobalehe mu(XVIII) -mobalehe
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.