jia

See also: Appendix:Variations of "jia"

Japanese

Romanization

jia

1. Rōmaji transcription of じあ

Mandarin

Romanization

jia (jia⁵／jia⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄐㄧㄚ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 家

jia

1. Nonstandard spelling of jiā.
2. Nonstandard spelling of jiá.
3. Nonstandard spelling of jiǎ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of jià.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-jia (infinitive kujia)

1. Applicative form of -ja

Conjugation

Conjugation of -jia
Positive present -najia Subjunctive -jie Negative -jii Imperative singular jia
Infinitives
Positive kujia Negative kutojia
Imperatives
Singular jia Plural jieni
Tensed forms
Habitual hujia Positive past positive subject concord + -lijia Negative past negative subject concord + -kujia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -najia) Singular Plural 1st person ninajia/najia tunajia 2nd person unajia mnajia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anajia wanajia other classes positive subject concord + -najia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -jii) Singular Plural 1st person sijii hatujii 2nd person hujii hamjii 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hajii hawajii other classes negative subject concord + -jii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tajia Negative future negative subject concord + -tajia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -jie) Singular Plural 1st person nijie tujie 2nd person ujie mjie 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ajie wajie other classes positive subject concord + -jie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sijie Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngejia Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singejia Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalijia Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalijia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ajia) Singular Plural 1st person najia twajia 2nd person wajia mwajia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ajia wajia m-mi(III/IV) wajia yajia ji-ma(V/VI) lajia yajia ki-vi(VII/VIII) chajia vyajia n(IX/X) yajia zajia u(XI) wajia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwajia pa(XVI) pajia mu(XVIII) mwajia
Perfect positive subject concord + -mejia "Already" positive subject concord + -meshajia "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jajia "If/When" positive subject concord + -kijia "If not" positive subject concord + -sipojia Consecutive kajia / positive subject concord + -kajia Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kajie
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nijia -tujia 2nd person -kujia -wajia/-kujieni/-wajieni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mjia -wajia m-mi(III/IV) -ujia -ijia ji-ma(V/VI) -lijia -yajia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kijia -vijia n(IX/X) -ijia -zijia u(XI) -ujia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kujia pa(XVI) -pajia mu(XVIII) -mujia Reflexive -jijia
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -jia- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -jiaye -jiao m-mi(III/IV) -jiao -jiayo ji-ma(V/VI) -jialo -jiayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -jiacho -jiavyo n(IX/X) -jiayo -jiazo u(XI) -jiao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -jiako pa(XVI) -jiapo mu(XVIII) -jiamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -jia) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yejia -ojia m-mi(III/IV) -ojia -yojia ji-ma(V/VI) -lojia -yojia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chojia -vyojia n(IX/X) -yojia -zojia u(XI) -ojia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kojia pa(XVI) -pojia mu(XVIII) -mojia
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:
  • kijio (“evening meal”)
  • mjio (“coming”)
  • njia (“path”)
  • ujio (“coming”)