tozesha

Swahili

Verb

-tozesha (infinitive kutozesha)

1. Causative form of -toza

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tozesha
Positive present -natozesha Subjunctive -tozeshe Negative -tozeshi Imperative singular tozesha
Infinitives
Positive kutozesha Negative kutotozesha
Imperatives
Singular tozesha Plural tozesheni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutozesha Positive past positive subject concord + -litozesha Negative past negative subject concord + -kutozesha
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natozesha) Singular Plural 1st person ninatozesha/natozesha tunatozesha 2nd person unatozesha mnatozesha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatozesha wanatozesha other classes positive subject concord + -natozesha
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tozeshi) Singular Plural 1st person sitozeshi hatutozeshi 2nd person hutozeshi hamtozeshi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatozeshi hawatozeshi other classes negative subject concord + -tozeshi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatozesha Negative future negative subject concord + -tatozesha
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tozeshe) Singular Plural 1st person nitozeshe tutozeshe 2nd person utozeshe mtozeshe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atozeshe watozeshe other classes positive subject concord + -tozeshe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitozeshe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetozesha Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetozesha Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitozesha Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitozesha
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atozesha) Singular Plural 1st person natozesha twatozesha 2nd person watozesha mwatozesha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atozesha watozesha m-mi(III/IV) watozesha yatozesha ji-ma(V/VI) latozesha yatozesha ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatozesha vyatozesha n(IX/X) yatozesha zatozesha u(XI) watozesha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatozesha pa(XVI) patozesha mu(XVIII) mwatozesha
Perfect positive subject concord + -metozesha "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatozesha "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatozesha "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitozesha "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotozesha Consecutive katozesha / positive subject concord + -katozesha Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katozeshe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitozesha -tutozesha 2nd person -kutozesha -watozesha/-kutozesheni/-watozesheni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtozesha -watozesha m-mi(III/IV) -utozesha -itozesha ji-ma(V/VI) -litozesha -yatozesha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitozesha -vitozesha n(IX/X) -itozesha -zitozesha u(XI) -utozesha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutozesha pa(XVI) -patozesha mu(XVIII) -mutozesha Reflexive -jitozesha
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tozesha- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tozeshaye -tozeshao m-mi(III/IV) -tozeshao -tozeshayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tozeshalo -tozeshayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tozeshacho -tozeshavyo n(IX/X) -tozeshayo -tozeshazo u(XI) -tozeshao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tozeshako pa(XVI) -tozeshapo mu(XVIII) -tozeshamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tozesha) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetozesha -otozesha m-mi(III/IV) -otozesha -yotozesha ji-ma(V/VI) -lotozesha -yotozesha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotozesha -vyotozesha n(IX/X) -yotozesha -zotozesha u(XI) -otozesha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotozesha pa(XVI) -potozesha mu(XVIII) -motozesha
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.