rejea

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَجَعَ (rajaʕa).

Pronunciation

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Verb

-rejea (infinitive kurejea)

1. to return
2. to refer to

Conjugation

Conjugation of -rejea
Positive present -narejea Subjunctive -rejee Negative -rejei Imperative singular rejea
Infinitives
Positive kurejea Negative kutorejea
Imperatives
Singular rejea Plural rejeeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hurejea Positive past positive subject concord + -lirejea Negative past negative subject concord + -kurejea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -narejea) Singular Plural 1st person ninarejea/narejea tunarejea 2nd person unarejea mnarejea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anarejea wanarejea other classes positive subject concord + -narejea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -rejei) Singular Plural 1st person sirejei haturejei 2nd person hurejei hamrejei 3rd person m-wa(I/II) harejei hawarejei other classes negative subject concord + -rejei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tarejea Negative future negative subject concord + -tarejea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -rejee) Singular Plural 1st person nirejee turejee 2nd person urejee mrejee 3rd person m-wa(I/II) arejee warejee other classes positive subject concord + -rejee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sirejee Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngerejea Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singerejea Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalirejea Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalirejea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -arejea) Singular Plural 1st person narejea twarejea 2nd person warejea mwarejea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) arejea warejea m-mi(III/IV) warejea yarejea ji-ma(V/VI) larejea yarejea ki-vi(VII/VIII) charejea vyarejea n(IX/X) yarejea zarejea u(XI) warejea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwarejea pa(XVI) parejea mu(XVIII) mwarejea
Perfect positive subject concord + -merejea "Already" positive subject concord + -mesharejea "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jarejea "If/When" positive subject concord + -kirejea "If not" positive subject concord + -siporejea Consecutive karejea / positive subject concord + -karejea Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -karejee
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nirejea -turejea 2nd person -kurejea -warejea/-kurejeeni/-warejeeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mrejea -warejea m-mi(III/IV) -urejea -irejea ji-ma(V/VI) -lirejea -yarejea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kirejea -virejea n(IX/X) -irejea -zirejea u(XI) -urejea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kurejea pa(XVI) -parejea mu(XVIII) -murejea Reflexive -jirejea
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -rejea- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -rejeaye -rejeao m-mi(III/IV) -rejeao -rejeayo ji-ma(V/VI) -rejealo -rejeayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -rejeacho -rejeavyo n(IX/X) -rejeayo -rejeazo u(XI) -rejeao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -rejeako pa(XVI) -rejeapo mu(XVIII) -rejeamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -rejea) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yerejea -orejea m-mi(III/IV) -orejea -yorejea ji-ma(V/VI) -lorejea -yorejea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chorejea -vyorejea n(IX/X) -yorejea -zorejea u(XI) -orejea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -korejea pa(XVI) -porejea mu(XVIII) -morejea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -rejelea
  • Causative: -rejesha
  • Passive: -rejewa
  • Reciprocal: -rejeana
  • Stative: -rejeka

• Nominal derivations:
  • marejeo (“return, reference”)