tozwa

Swahili

Verb

-tozwa (infinitive kutozwa)

1. Passive form of -toza

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tozwa
Positive present -natozwa Subjunctive -tozwe Negative -tozwi Imperative singular tozwa
Infinitives
Positive kutozwa Negative kutotozwa
Imperatives
Singular tozwa Plural tozweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutozwa Positive past positive subject concord + -litozwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kutozwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natozwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninatozwa/natozwa tunatozwa 2nd person unatozwa mnatozwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatozwa wanatozwa other classes positive subject concord + -natozwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tozwi) Singular Plural 1st person sitozwi hatutozwi 2nd person hutozwi hamtozwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatozwi hawatozwi other classes negative subject concord + -tozwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatozwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tatozwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tozwe) Singular Plural 1st person nitozwe tutozwe 2nd person utozwe mtozwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atozwe watozwe other classes positive subject concord + -tozwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitozwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetozwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetozwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitozwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitozwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atozwa) Singular Plural 1st person natozwa twatozwa 2nd person watozwa mwatozwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atozwa watozwa m-mi(III/IV) watozwa yatozwa ji-ma(V/VI) latozwa yatozwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatozwa vyatozwa n(IX/X) yatozwa zatozwa u(XI) watozwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatozwa pa(XVI) patozwa mu(XVIII) mwatozwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -metozwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatozwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatozwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitozwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotozwa Consecutive katozwa / positive subject concord + -katozwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katozwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitozwa -tutozwa 2nd person -kutozwa -watozwa/-kutozweni/-watozweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtozwa -watozwa m-mi(III/IV) -utozwa -itozwa ji-ma(V/VI) -litozwa -yatozwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitozwa -vitozwa n(IX/X) -itozwa -zitozwa u(XI) -utozwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutozwa pa(XVI) -patozwa mu(XVIII) -mutozwa Reflexive -jitozwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tozwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tozwaye -tozwao m-mi(III/IV) -tozwao -tozwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tozwalo -tozwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tozwacho -tozwavyo n(IX/X) -tozwayo -tozwazo u(XI) -tozwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tozwako pa(XVI) -tozwapo mu(XVIII) -tozwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tozwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetozwa -otozwa m-mi(III/IV) -otozwa -yotozwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lotozwa -yotozwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotozwa -vyotozwa n(IX/X) -yotozwa -zotozwa u(XI) -otozwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotozwa pa(XVI) -potozwa mu(XVIII) -motozwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.