bembeleza

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-bembeleza (infinitive kubembeleza)

1. Causative form of -bembelea: to calm, soothe
2. to coax
   • 1973, Mohammed S. Abdulla, Duniani kuna watu, page 5:

     Nilikubembeleza hapa nikuoze mke, nawe ukakataa katakata.

     I coaxed you here to marry, and you flatly refused.

Conjugation

Conjugation of -bembeleza
Positive present -nabembeleza Subjunctive -bembeleze Negative -bembelezi Imperative singular bembeleza
Infinitives
Positive kubembeleza Negative kutobembeleza
Imperatives
Singular bembeleza Plural bembelezeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hubembeleza Positive past positive subject concord + -libembeleza Negative past negative subject concord + -kubembeleza
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nabembeleza) Singular Plural 1st person ninabembeleza/nabembeleza tunabembeleza 2nd person unabembeleza mnabembeleza 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anabembeleza wanabembeleza other classes positive subject concord + -nabembeleza
Negative present (negative subject concord + -bembelezi) Singular Plural 1st person sibembelezi hatubembelezi 2nd person hubembelezi hambembelezi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) habembelezi hawabembelezi other classes negative subject concord + -bembelezi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tabembeleza Negative future negative subject concord + -tabembeleza
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -bembeleze) Singular Plural 1st person nibembeleze tubembeleze 2nd person ubembeleze mbembeleze 3rd person m-wa(I/II) abembeleze wabembeleze other classes positive subject concord + -bembeleze
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sibembeleze Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngebembeleza Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singebembeleza Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalibembeleza Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalibembeleza
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -abembeleza) Singular Plural 1st person nabembeleza twabembeleza 2nd person wabembeleza mwabembeleza 3rd person m-wa(I/II) abembeleza wabembeleza m-mi(III/IV) wabembeleza yabembeleza ji-ma(V/VI) labembeleza yabembeleza ki-vi(VII/VIII) chabembeleza vyabembeleza n(IX/X) yabembeleza zabembeleza u(XI) wabembeleza see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwabembeleza pa(XVI) pabembeleza mu(XVIII) mwabembeleza
Perfect positive subject concord + -mebembeleza "Already" positive subject concord + -meshabembeleza "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jabembeleza "If/When" positive subject concord + -kibembeleza "If not" positive subject concord + -sipobembeleza Consecutive kabembeleza / positive subject concord + -kabembeleza Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kabembeleze
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nibembeleza -tubembeleza 2nd person -kubembeleza -wabembeleza/-kubembelezeni/-wabembelezeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mbembeleza -wabembeleza m-mi(III/IV) -ubembeleza -ibembeleza ji-ma(V/VI) -libembeleza -yabembeleza ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kibembeleza -vibembeleza n(IX/X) -ibembeleza -zibembeleza u(XI) -ubembeleza see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kubembeleza pa(XVI) -pabembeleza mu(XVIII) -mubembeleza Reflexive -jibembeleza
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -bembeleza- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -bembelezaye -bembelezao m-mi(III/IV) -bembelezao -bembelezayo ji-ma(V/VI) -bembelezalo -bembelezayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -bembelezacho -bembelezavyo n(IX/X) -bembelezayo -bembelezazo u(XI) -bembelezao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -bembelezako pa(XVI) -bembelezapo mu(XVIII) -bembelezamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -bembeleza) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yebembeleza -obembeleza m-mi(III/IV) -obembeleza -yobembeleza ji-ma(V/VI) -lobembeleza -yobembeleza ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chobembeleza -vyobembeleza n(IX/X) -yobembeleza -zobembeleza u(XI) -obembeleza see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kobembeleza pa(XVI) -pobembeleza mu(XVIII) -mobembeleza
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.