vimbia

Swahili

Verb

-vimbia (infinitive kuvimbia)

1. Applicative form of -vimba

Conjugation

Conjugation of -vimbia
Positive present -navimbia Subjunctive -vimbie Negative -vimbii Imperative singular vimbia
Infinitives
Positive kuvimbia Negative kutovimbia
Imperatives
Singular vimbia Plural vimbieni
Tensed forms
Habitual huvimbia Positive past positive subject concord + -livimbia Negative past negative subject concord + -kuvimbia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -navimbia) Singular Plural 1st person ninavimbia/navimbia tunavimbia 2nd person unavimbia mnavimbia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anavimbia wanavimbia other classes positive subject concord + -navimbia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -vimbii) Singular Plural 1st person sivimbii hatuvimbii 2nd person huvimbii hamvimbii 3rd person m-wa(I/II) havimbii hawavimbii other classes negative subject concord + -vimbii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tavimbia Negative future negative subject concord + -tavimbia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -vimbie) Singular Plural 1st person nivimbie tuvimbie 2nd person uvimbie mvimbie 3rd person m-wa(I/II) avimbie wavimbie other classes positive subject concord + -vimbie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sivimbie Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngevimbia Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singevimbia Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalivimbia Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalivimbia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -avimbia) Singular Plural 1st person navimbia twavimbia 2nd person wavimbia mwavimbia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) avimbia wavimbia m-mi(III/IV) wavimbia yavimbia ji-ma(V/VI) lavimbia yavimbia ki-vi(VII/VIII) chavimbia vyavimbia n(IX/X) yavimbia zavimbia u(XI) wavimbia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwavimbia pa(XVI) pavimbia mu(XVIII) mwavimbia
Perfect positive subject concord + -mevimbia "Already" positive subject concord + -meshavimbia "Not yet" negative subject concord + -javimbia "If/When" positive subject concord + -kivimbia "If not" positive subject concord + -sipovimbia Consecutive kavimbia / positive subject concord + -kavimbia Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kavimbie
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nivimbia -tuvimbia 2nd person -kuvimbia -wavimbia/-kuvimbieni/-wavimbieni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mvimbia -wavimbia m-mi(III/IV) -uvimbia -ivimbia ji-ma(V/VI) -livimbia -yavimbia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kivimbia -vivimbia n(IX/X) -ivimbia -zivimbia u(XI) -uvimbia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuvimbia pa(XVI) -pavimbia mu(XVIII) -muvimbia Reflexive -jivimbia
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -vimbia- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -vimbiaye -vimbiao m-mi(III/IV) -vimbiao -vimbiayo ji-ma(V/VI) -vimbialo -vimbiayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -vimbiacho -vimbiavyo n(IX/X) -vimbiayo -vimbiazo u(XI) -vimbiao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -vimbiako pa(XVI) -vimbiapo mu(XVIII) -vimbiamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -vimbia) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yevimbia -ovimbia m-mi(III/IV) -ovimbia -yovimbia ji-ma(V/VI) -lovimbia -yovimbia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chovimbia -vyovimbia n(IX/X) -yovimbia -zovimbia u(XI) -ovimbia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kovimbia pa(XVI) -povimbia mu(XVIII) -movimbia
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.