tunzwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tunzwa (infinitive kutunzwa)

1. Passive form of -tunza

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tunzwa
Positive present -natunzwa Subjunctive -tunzwe Negative -tunzwi Imperative singular tunzwa
Infinitives
Positive kutunzwa Negative kutotunzwa
Imperatives
Singular tunzwa Plural tunzweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutunzwa Positive past positive subject concord + -litunzwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kutunzwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natunzwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninatunzwa/natunzwa tunatunzwa 2nd person unatunzwa mnatunzwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatunzwa wanatunzwa other classes positive subject concord + -natunzwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tunzwi) Singular Plural 1st person situnzwi hatutunzwi 2nd person hutunzwi hamtunzwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatunzwi hawatunzwi other classes negative subject concord + -tunzwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatunzwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tatunzwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tunzwe) Singular Plural 1st person nitunzwe tutunzwe 2nd person utunzwe mtunzwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atunzwe watunzwe other classes positive subject concord + -tunzwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -situnzwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetunzwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetunzwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitunzwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitunzwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atunzwa) Singular Plural 1st person natunzwa twatunzwa 2nd person watunzwa mwatunzwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atunzwa watunzwa m-mi(III/IV) watunzwa yatunzwa ji-ma(V/VI) latunzwa yatunzwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatunzwa vyatunzwa n(IX/X) yatunzwa zatunzwa u(XI) watunzwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatunzwa pa(XVI) patunzwa mu(XVIII) mwatunzwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -metunzwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatunzwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatunzwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitunzwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotunzwa Consecutive katunzwa / positive subject concord + -katunzwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katunzwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitunzwa -tutunzwa 2nd person -kutunzwa -watunzwa/-kutunzweni/-watunzweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtunzwa -watunzwa m-mi(III/IV) -utunzwa -itunzwa ji-ma(V/VI) -litunzwa -yatunzwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitunzwa -vitunzwa n(IX/X) -itunzwa -zitunzwa u(XI) -utunzwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutunzwa pa(XVI) -patunzwa mu(XVIII) -mutunzwa Reflexive -jitunzwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tunzwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tunzwaye -tunzwao m-mi(III/IV) -tunzwao -tunzwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tunzwalo -tunzwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tunzwacho -tunzwavyo n(IX/X) -tunzwayo -tunzwazo u(XI) -tunzwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tunzwako pa(XVI) -tunzwapo mu(XVIII) -tunzwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tunzwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetunzwa -otunzwa m-mi(III/IV) -otunzwa -yotunzwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lotunzwa -yotunzwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotunzwa -vyotunzwa n(IX/X) -yotunzwa -zotunzwa u(XI) -otunzwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotunzwa pa(XVI) -potunzwa mu(XVIII) -motunzwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.