pembea

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-pembea (infinitive kupembea)

1. Applicative form of -pemba

Conjugation

Conjugation of -pembea
Positive present -napembea Subjunctive -pembee Negative -pembei Imperative singular pembea
Infinitives
Positive kupembea Negative kutopembea
Imperatives
Singular pembea Plural pembeeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupembea Positive past positive subject concord + -lipembea Negative past negative subject concord + -kupembea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napembea) Singular Plural 1st person ninapembea/napembea tunapembea 2nd person unapembea mnapembea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapembea wanapembea other classes positive subject concord + -napembea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pembei) Singular Plural 1st person sipembei hatupembei 2nd person hupembei hampembei 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapembei hawapembei other classes negative subject concord + -pembei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapembea Negative future negative subject concord + -tapembea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pembee) Singular Plural 1st person nipembee tupembee 2nd person upembee mpembee 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apembee wapembee other classes positive subject concord + -pembee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipembee Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepembea Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepembea Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipembea Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipembea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apembea) Singular Plural 1st person napembea twapembea 2nd person wapembea mwapembea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apembea wapembea m-mi(III/IV) wapembea yapembea ji-ma(V/VI) lapembea yapembea ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapembea vyapembea n(IX/X) yapembea zapembea u(XI) wapembea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwapembea pa(XVI) papembea mu(XVIII) mwapembea
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepembea "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapembea "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japembea "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipembea "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopembea Consecutive kapembea / positive subject concord + -kapembea Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapembee
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nipembea -tupembea 2nd person -kupembea -wapembea/-kupembeeni/-wapembeeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpembea -wapembea m-mi(III/IV) -upembea -ipembea ji-ma(V/VI) -lipembea -yapembea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipembea -vipembea n(IX/X) -ipembea -zipembea u(XI) -upembea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kupembea pa(XVI) -papembea mu(XVIII) -mupembea Reflexive -jipembea
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -pembea- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -pembeaye -pembeao m-mi(III/IV) -pembeao -pembeayo ji-ma(V/VI) -pembealo -pembeayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pembeacho -pembeavyo n(IX/X) -pembeayo -pembeazo u(XI) -pembeao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -pembeako pa(XVI) -pembeapo mu(XVIII) -pembeamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -pembea) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yepembea -opembea m-mi(III/IV) -opembea -yopembea ji-ma(V/VI) -lopembea -yopembea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopembea -vyopembea n(IX/X) -yopembea -zopembea u(XI) -opembea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopembea pa(XVI) -popembea mu(XVIII) -mopembea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.