semea

See also: sêmea and seme'a

Basque

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Noun

semea

1. absolutive singular of seme

Swahili

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Verb

-semea (infinitive kusemea)

1. Applicative form of -sema: to speak with

Conjugation

Conjugation of -semea
Positive present -nasemea Subjunctive -semee Negative -semei Imperative singular semea
Infinitives
Positive kusemea Negative kutosemea
Imperatives
Singular semea Plural semeeni
Tensed forms
Habitual husemea Positive past positive subject concord + -lisemea Negative past negative subject concord + -kusemea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasemea) Singular Plural 1st person ninasemea/nasemea tunasemea 2nd person unasemea mnasemea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anasemea wanasemea other classes positive subject concord + -nasemea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -semei) Singular Plural 1st person sisemei hatusemei 2nd person husemei hamsemei 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hasemei hawasemei other classes negative subject concord + -semei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tasemea Negative future negative subject concord + -tasemea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -semee) Singular Plural 1st person nisemee tusemee 2nd person usemee msemee 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asemee wasemee other classes positive subject concord + -semee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sisemee Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngesemea Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singesemea Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalisemea Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalisemea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asemea) Singular Plural 1st person nasemea twasemea 2nd person wasemea mwasemea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asemea wasemea m-mi(III/IV) wasemea yasemea ji-ma(V/VI) lasemea yasemea ki-vi(VII/VIII) chasemea vyasemea n(IX/X) yasemea zasemea u(XI) wasemea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwasemea pa(XVI) pasemea mu(XVIII) mwasemea
Perfect positive subject concord + -mesemea "Already" positive subject concord + -meshasemea "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jasemea "If/When" positive subject concord + -kisemea "If not" positive subject concord + -siposemea Consecutive kasemea / positive subject concord + -kasemea Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kasemee
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nisemea -tusemea 2nd person -kusemea -wasemea/-kusemeeni/-wasemeeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -msemea -wasemea m-mi(III/IV) -usemea -isemea ji-ma(V/VI) -lisemea -yasemea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kisemea -visemea n(IX/X) -isemea -zisemea u(XI) -usemea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kusemea pa(XVI) -pasemea mu(XVIII) -musemea Reflexive -jisemea
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -semea- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -semeaye -semeao m-mi(III/IV) -semeao -semeayo ji-ma(V/VI) -semealo -semeayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -semeacho -semeavyo n(IX/X) -semeayo -semeazo u(XI) -semeao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -semeako pa(XVI) -semeapo mu(XVIII) -semeamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -semea) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yesemea -osemea m-mi(III/IV) -osemea -yosemea ji-ma(V/VI) -losemea -yosemea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chosemea -vyosemea n(IX/X) -yosemea -zosemea u(XI) -osemea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kosemea pa(XVI) -posemea mu(XVIII) -mosemea
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:
  • Causative: -semeza