ozwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-ozwa (infinitive kuozwa)

1. Passive form of -oza: to be married (by someone)

Conjugation

Conjugation of -ozwa
Positive present -naozwa Subjunctive -ozwe Negative -ozwi Imperative singular ozwa
Infinitives
Positive kuozwa Negative kutoozwa
Imperatives
Singular ozwa Plural ozweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huozwa Positive past positive subject concord + -liozwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuozwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naozwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninaozwa/naozwa tunaozwa 2nd person unaozwa mnaozwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaozwa wanaozwa other classes positive subject concord + -naozwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -ozwi) Singular Plural 1st person siozwi hatuozwi 2nd person huozwi hamwozwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haozwi hawaozwi other classes negative subject concord + -ozwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taozwa Negative future negative subject concord + -taozwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -ozwe) Singular Plural 1st person niozwe tuozwe 2nd person uozwe mwozwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aozwe waozwe other classes positive subject concord + -ozwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siozwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeozwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeozwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliozwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliozwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aozwa) Singular Plural 1st person naozwa twaozwa 2nd person waozwa mwaozwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aozwa waozwa m-mi(III/IV) waozwa yaozwa ji-ma(V/VI) laozwa yaozwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaozwa vyaozwa n(IX/X) yaozwa zaozwa u(XI) waozwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaozwa pa(XVI) paozwa mu(XVIII) mwaozwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -meozwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaozwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaozwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiozwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoozwa Consecutive kaozwa / positive subject concord + -kaozwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaozwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niozwa -tuozwa 2nd person -kuozwa -waozwa/-kuozweni/-waozweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwozwa -waozwa m-mi(III/IV) -uozwa -iozwa ji-ma(V/VI) -liozwa -yaozwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiozwa -viozwa n(IX/X) -iozwa -ziozwa u(XI) -uozwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuozwa pa(XVI) -paozwa mu(XVIII) -muozwa Reflexive -jiozwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -ozwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -ozwaye -ozwao m-mi(III/IV) -ozwao -ozwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -ozwalo -ozwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -ozwacho -ozwavyo n(IX/X) -ozwayo -ozwazo u(XI) -ozwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -ozwako pa(XVI) -ozwapo mu(XVIII) -ozwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -ozwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeozwa -oozwa m-mi(III/IV) -oozwa -yoozwa ji-ma(V/VI) -loozwa -yoozwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choozwa -vyoozwa n(IX/X) -yoozwa -zoozwa u(XI) -oozwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koozwa pa(XVI) -poozwa mu(XVIII) -moozwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.