pembana

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-pembana (infinitive kupembana)

1. Reciprocal form of -pemba

Conjugation

Conjugation of -pembana
Positive present -napembana Subjunctive -pembane Negative -pembani Imperative singular pembana
Infinitives
Positive kupembana Negative kutopembana
Imperatives
Singular pembana Plural pembaneni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupembana Positive past positive subject concord + -lipembana Negative past negative subject concord + -kupembana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napembana) Singular Plural 1st person ninapembana/napembana tunapembana 2nd person unapembana mnapembana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapembana wanapembana other classes positive subject concord + -napembana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pembani) Singular Plural 1st person sipembani hatupembani 2nd person hupembani hampembani 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapembani hawapembani other classes negative subject concord + -pembani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapembana Negative future negative subject concord + -tapembana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pembane) Singular Plural 1st person nipembane tupembane 2nd person upembane mpembane 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apembane wapembane other classes positive subject concord + -pembane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipembane Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepembana Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepembana Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipembana Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipembana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apembana) Singular Plural 1st person napembana twapembana 2nd person wapembana mwapembana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apembana wapembana m-mi(III/IV) wapembana yapembana ji-ma(V/VI) lapembana yapembana ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapembana vyapembana n(IX/X) yapembana zapembana u(XI) wapembana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwapembana pa(XVI) papembana mu(XVIII) mwapembana
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepembana "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapembana "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japembana "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipembana "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopembana Consecutive kapembana / positive subject concord + -kapembana Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapembane Object concord —
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + -pembana- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -pembanaye -pembanao m-mi(III/IV) -pembanao -pembanayo ji-ma(V/VI) -pembanalo -pembanayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pembanacho -pembanavyo n(IX/X) -pembanayo -pembanazo u(XI) -pembanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -pembanako pa(XVI) -pembanapo mu(XVIII) -pembanamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -pembana) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yepembana -opembana m-mi(III/IV) -opembana -yopembana ji-ma(V/VI) -lopembana -yopembana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopembana -vyopembana n(IX/X) -yopembana -zopembana u(XI) -opembana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopembana pa(XVI) -popembana mu(XVIII) -mopembana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.