ruhusiwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-ruhusiwa (infinitive kuruhusiwa)

1. Passive form of -ruhusu: to be permitted, to be allowed

Conjugation

Conjugation of -ruhusiwa
Positive present -naruhusiwa Subjunctive -ruhusiwe Negative -ruhusiwi Imperative singular ruhusiwa
Infinitives
Positive kuruhusiwa Negative kutoruhusiwa
Imperatives
Singular ruhusiwa Plural ruhusiweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huruhusiwa Positive past positive subject concord + -liruhusiwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuruhusiwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naruhusiwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninaruhusiwa/naruhusiwa tunaruhusiwa 2nd person unaruhusiwa mnaruhusiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaruhusiwa wanaruhusiwa other classes positive subject concord + -naruhusiwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -ruhusiwi) Singular Plural 1st person siruhusiwi haturuhusiwi 2nd person huruhusiwi hamruhusiwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haruhusiwi hawaruhusiwi other classes negative subject concord + -ruhusiwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taruhusiwa Negative future negative subject concord + -taruhusiwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -ruhusiwe) Singular Plural 1st person niruhusiwe turuhusiwe 2nd person uruhusiwe mruhusiwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aruhusiwe waruhusiwe other classes positive subject concord + -ruhusiwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siruhusiwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeruhusiwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeruhusiwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliruhusiwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliruhusiwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aruhusiwa) Singular Plural 1st person naruhusiwa twaruhusiwa 2nd person waruhusiwa mwaruhusiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aruhusiwa waruhusiwa m-mi(III/IV) waruhusiwa yaruhusiwa ji-ma(V/VI) laruhusiwa yaruhusiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) charuhusiwa vyaruhusiwa n(IX/X) yaruhusiwa zaruhusiwa u(XI) waruhusiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaruhusiwa pa(XVI) paruhusiwa mu(XVIII) mwaruhusiwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -meruhusiwa "Already" positive subject concord + -mesharuhusiwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaruhusiwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiruhusiwa "If not" positive subject concord + -siporuhusiwa Consecutive karuhusiwa / positive subject concord + -karuhusiwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -karuhusiwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niruhusiwa -turuhusiwa 2nd person -kuruhusiwa -waruhusiwa/-kuruhusiweni/-waruhusiweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mruhusiwa -waruhusiwa m-mi(III/IV) -uruhusiwa -iruhusiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -liruhusiwa -yaruhusiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiruhusiwa -viruhusiwa n(IX/X) -iruhusiwa -ziruhusiwa u(XI) -uruhusiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuruhusiwa pa(XVI) -paruhusiwa mu(XVIII) -muruhusiwa Reflexive -jiruhusiwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -ruhusiwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -ruhusiwaye -ruhusiwao m-mi(III/IV) -ruhusiwao -ruhusiwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -ruhusiwalo -ruhusiwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -ruhusiwacho -ruhusiwavyo n(IX/X) -ruhusiwayo -ruhusiwazo u(XI) -ruhusiwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -ruhusiwako pa(XVI) -ruhusiwapo mu(XVIII) -ruhusiwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -ruhusiwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeruhusiwa -oruhusiwa m-mi(III/IV) -oruhusiwa -yoruhusiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -loruhusiwa -yoruhusiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choruhusiwa -vyoruhusiwa n(IX/X) -yoruhusiwa -zoruhusiwa u(XI) -oruhusiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koruhusiwa pa(XVI) -poruhusiwa mu(XVIII) -moruhusiwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.