hojiwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-hojiwa (infinitive kuhojiwa)

1. Passive form of -hoji: to be questioned, be interrogated

Conjugation

Conjugation of -hojiwa
Positive present -nahojiwa Subjunctive -hojiwe Negative -hojiwi Imperative singular hojiwa
Infinitives
Positive kuhojiwa Negative kutohojiwa
Imperatives
Singular hojiwa Plural hojiweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huhojiwa Positive past positive subject concord + -lihojiwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuhojiwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nahojiwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninahojiwa/nahojiwa tunahojiwa 2nd person unahojiwa mnahojiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anahojiwa wanahojiwa other classes positive subject concord + -nahojiwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -hojiwi) Singular Plural 1st person sihojiwi hatuhojiwi 2nd person huhojiwi hamhojiwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hahojiwi hawahojiwi other classes negative subject concord + -hojiwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tahojiwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tahojiwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -hojiwe) Singular Plural 1st person nihojiwe tuhojiwe 2nd person uhojiwe mhojiwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ahojiwe wahojiwe other classes positive subject concord + -hojiwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sihojiwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngehojiwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singehojiwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalihojiwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalihojiwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ahojiwa) Singular Plural 1st person nahojiwa twahojiwa 2nd person wahojiwa mwahojiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ahojiwa wahojiwa m-mi(III/IV) wahojiwa yahojiwa ji-ma(V/VI) lahojiwa yahojiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chahojiwa vyahojiwa n(IX/X) yahojiwa zahojiwa u(XI) wahojiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwahojiwa pa(XVI) pahojiwa mu(XVIII) mwahojiwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mehojiwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshahojiwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jahojiwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kihojiwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipohojiwa Consecutive kahojiwa / positive subject concord + -kahojiwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kahojiwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nihojiwa -tuhojiwa 2nd person -kuhojiwa -wahojiwa/-kuhojiweni/-wahojiweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mhojiwa -wahojiwa m-mi(III/IV) -uhojiwa -ihojiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lihojiwa -yahojiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kihojiwa -vihojiwa n(IX/X) -ihojiwa -zihojiwa u(XI) -uhojiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuhojiwa pa(XVI) -pahojiwa mu(XVIII) -muhojiwa Reflexive -jihojiwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -hojiwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -hojiwaye -hojiwao m-mi(III/IV) -hojiwao -hojiwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -hojiwalo -hojiwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -hojiwacho -hojiwavyo n(IX/X) -hojiwayo -hojiwazo u(XI) -hojiwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -hojiwako pa(XVI) -hojiwapo mu(XVIII) -hojiwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -hojiwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yehojiwa -ohojiwa m-mi(III/IV) -ohojiwa -yohojiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lohojiwa -yohojiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chohojiwa -vyohojiwa n(IX/X) -yohojiwa -zohojiwa u(XI) -ohojiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kohojiwa pa(XVI) -pohojiwa mu(XVIII) -mohojiwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • mhojiwa (“interviewee, person being questioned”)