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- IPA(key): /ɔˈlɛ.va/
- Rhymes: -ɛva
- Syllabification: o‧le‧wa
olewa
- third-person singular present of olewać
-olewa (infinitive kuolewa)
- Passive form of -oa: to become married, to be wed to a husband (of a woman, to take a husband)
Conjugation of -olewa
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Positive present
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-naolewa
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Subjunctive
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-olewe
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Negative
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-olewi
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Imperative singular
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olewa
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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huolewa
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -liolewa
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kuolewa
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -naolewa)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninaolewa/naolewa
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tunaolewa
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2nd person
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unaolewa
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mnaolewa
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anaolewa
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wanaolewa
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -naolewa
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -olewi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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siolewi
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hatuolewi
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2nd person
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huolewi
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hamwolewi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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haolewi
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hawaolewi
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -olewi
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -taolewa
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -taolewa
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -olewe)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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niolewe
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tuolewe
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2nd person
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uolewe
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mwolewe
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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aolewe
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waolewe
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -olewe
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -siolewe
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngeolewa
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singeolewa
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngaliolewa
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singaliolewa
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -meolewa
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshaolewa
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jaolewa
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kiolewa
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipoolewa
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Consecutive
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kaolewa / positive subject concord + -kaolewa
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kaolewe
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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