vamiwa

Swahili

Verb

-vamiwa (infinitive kuvamiwa)

1. Passive form of -vamia

Conjugation

Conjugation of -vamiwa
Positive present -navamiwa Subjunctive -vamiwe Negative -vamiwi Imperative singular vamiwa
Infinitives
Positive kuvamiwa Negative kutovamiwa
Imperatives
Singular vamiwa Plural vamiweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huvamiwa Positive past positive subject concord + -livamiwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuvamiwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -navamiwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninavamiwa/navamiwa tunavamiwa 2nd person unavamiwa mnavamiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anavamiwa wanavamiwa other classes positive subject concord + -navamiwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -vamiwi) Singular Plural 1st person sivamiwi hatuvamiwi 2nd person huvamiwi hamvamiwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) havamiwi hawavamiwi other classes negative subject concord + -vamiwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tavamiwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tavamiwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -vamiwe) Singular Plural 1st person nivamiwe tuvamiwe 2nd person uvamiwe mvamiwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) avamiwe wavamiwe other classes positive subject concord + -vamiwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sivamiwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngevamiwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singevamiwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalivamiwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalivamiwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -avamiwa) Singular Plural 1st person navamiwa twavamiwa 2nd person wavamiwa mwavamiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) avamiwa wavamiwa m-mi(III/IV) wavamiwa yavamiwa ji-ma(V/VI) lavamiwa yavamiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chavamiwa vyavamiwa n(IX/X) yavamiwa zavamiwa u(XI) wavamiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwavamiwa pa(XVI) pavamiwa mu(XVIII) mwavamiwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mevamiwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshavamiwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -javamiwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kivamiwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipovamiwa Consecutive kavamiwa / positive subject concord + -kavamiwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kavamiwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nivamiwa -tuvamiwa 2nd person -kuvamiwa -wavamiwa/-kuvamiweni/-wavamiweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mvamiwa -wavamiwa m-mi(III/IV) -uvamiwa -ivamiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -livamiwa -yavamiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kivamiwa -vivamiwa n(IX/X) -ivamiwa -zivamiwa u(XI) -uvamiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuvamiwa pa(XVI) -pavamiwa mu(XVIII) -muvamiwa Reflexive -jivamiwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -vamiwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -vamiwaye -vamiwao m-mi(III/IV) -vamiwao -vamiwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -vamiwalo -vamiwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -vamiwacho -vamiwavyo n(IX/X) -vamiwayo -vamiwazo u(XI) -vamiwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -vamiwako pa(XVI) -vamiwapo mu(XVIII) -vamiwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -vamiwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yevamiwa -ovamiwa m-mi(III/IV) -ovamiwa -yovamiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lovamiwa -yovamiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chovamiwa -vyovamiwa n(IX/X) -yovamiwa -zovamiwa u(XI) -ovamiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kovamiwa pa(XVI) -povamiwa mu(XVIII) -movamiwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.