bembea

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-bembea (infinitive kubembea)

1. to rock, to swing

Conjugation

Conjugation of -bembea
Positive present -nabembea Subjunctive -bembee Negative -bembei Imperative singular bembea
Infinitives
Positive kubembea Negative kutobembea
Imperatives
Singular bembea Plural bembeeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hubembea Positive past positive subject concord + -libembea Negative past negative subject concord + -kubembea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nabembea) Singular Plural 1st person ninabembea/nabembea tunabembea 2nd person unabembea mnabembea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anabembea wanabembea other classes positive subject concord + -nabembea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -bembei) Singular Plural 1st person sibembei hatubembei 2nd person hubembei hambembei 3rd person m-wa(I/II) habembei hawabembei other classes negative subject concord + -bembei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tabembea Negative future negative subject concord + -tabembea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -bembee) Singular Plural 1st person nibembee tubembee 2nd person ubembee mbembee 3rd person m-wa(I/II) abembee wabembee other classes positive subject concord + -bembee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sibembee Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngebembea Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singebembea Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalibembea Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalibembea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -abembea) Singular Plural 1st person nabembea twabembea 2nd person wabembea mwabembea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) abembea wabembea m-mi(III/IV) wabembea yabembea ji-ma(V/VI) labembea yabembea ki-vi(VII/VIII) chabembea vyabembea n(IX/X) yabembea zabembea u(XI) wabembea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwabembea pa(XVI) pabembea mu(XVIII) mwabembea
Perfect positive subject concord + -mebembea "Already" positive subject concord + -meshabembea "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jabembea "If/When" positive subject concord + -kibembea "If not" positive subject concord + -sipobembea Consecutive kabembea / positive subject concord + -kabembea Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kabembee
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nibembea -tubembea 2nd person -kubembea -wabembea/-kubembeeni/-wabembeeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mbembea -wabembea m-mi(III/IV) -ubembea -ibembea ji-ma(V/VI) -libembea -yabembea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kibembea -vibembea n(IX/X) -ibembea -zibembea u(XI) -ubembea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kubembea pa(XVI) -pabembea mu(XVIII) -mubembea Reflexive -jibembea
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -bembea- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -bembeaye -bembeao m-mi(III/IV) -bembeao -bembeayo ji-ma(V/VI) -bembealo -bembeayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -bembeacho -bembeavyo n(IX/X) -bembeayo -bembeazo u(XI) -bembeao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -bembeako pa(XVI) -bembeapo mu(XVIII) -bembeamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -bembea) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yebembea -obembea m-mi(III/IV) -obembea -yobembea ji-ma(V/VI) -lobembea -yobembea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chobembea -vyobembea n(IX/X) -yobembea -zobembea u(XI) -obembea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kobembea pa(XVI) -pobembea mu(XVIII) -mobembea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.