tembea

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-tembea (infinitive kutembea)

  1. to walk

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -tembea
Positive present -natembea
Subjunctive -tembee
Negative -tembei
Imperative singular tembea
Infinitives
Positive kutembea
Negative kutotembea
Imperatives
Singular tembea
Plural tembeeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutembea
Positive past positive subject concord + -litembea
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutembea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natembea)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatembea/natembea tunatembea
2nd person unatembea mnatembea
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatembea wanatembea
other classes positive subject concord + -natembea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tembei)
Singular Plural
1st person sitembei hatutembei
2nd person hutembei hamtembei
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatembei hawatembei
other classes negative subject concord + -tembei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatembea
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatembea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tembee)
Singular Plural
1st person nitembee tutembee
2nd person utembee mtembee
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atembee watembee
other classes positive subject concord + -tembee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitembee
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetembea
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetembea
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitembea
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitembea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atembea)
Singular Plural
1st person natembea twatembea
2nd person watembea mwatembea
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atembea watembea
m-mi(III/IV) watembea yatembea
ji-ma(V/VI) latembea yatembea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatembea vyatembea
n(IX/X) yatembea zatembea
u(XI) watembea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatembea
pa(XVI) patembea
mu(XVIII) mwatembea
Perfect positive subject concord + -metembea
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatembea
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatembea
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitembea
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotembea
Consecutive katembea / positive subject concord + -katembea
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katembee
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitembea -tutembea
2nd person -kutembea -watembea/-kutembeeni/-watembeeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtembea -watembea
m-mi(III/IV) -utembea -itembea
ji-ma(V/VI) -litembea -yatembea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitembea -vitembea
n(IX/X) -itembea -zitembea
u(XI) -utembea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutembea
pa(XVI) -patembea
mu(XVIII) -mutembea
Reflexive -jitembea
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tembea- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tembeaye -tembeao
m-mi(III/IV) -tembeao -tembeayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tembealo -tembeayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tembeacho -tembeavyo
n(IX/X) -tembeayo -tembeazo
u(XI) -tembeao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tembeako
pa(XVI) -tembeapo
mu(XVIII) -tembeamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tembea)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetembea -otembea
m-mi(III/IV) -otembea -yotembea
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotembea -yotembea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotembea -vyotembea
n(IX/X) -yotembea -zotembea
u(XI) -otembea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotembea
pa(XVI) -potembea
mu(XVIII) -motembea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

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