vimbwa

Swahili

Verb

-vimbwa (infinitive kuvimbwa)

1. Passive form of -vimba

Conjugation

Conjugation of -vimbwa
Positive present -navimbwa Subjunctive -vimbwe Negative -vimbwi Imperative singular vimbwa
Infinitives
Positive kuvimbwa Negative kutovimbwa
Imperatives
Singular vimbwa Plural vimbweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huvimbwa Positive past positive subject concord + -livimbwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuvimbwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -navimbwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninavimbwa/navimbwa tunavimbwa 2nd person unavimbwa mnavimbwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anavimbwa wanavimbwa other classes positive subject concord + -navimbwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -vimbwi) Singular Plural 1st person sivimbwi hatuvimbwi 2nd person huvimbwi hamvimbwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) havimbwi hawavimbwi other classes negative subject concord + -vimbwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tavimbwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tavimbwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -vimbwe) Singular Plural 1st person nivimbwe tuvimbwe 2nd person uvimbwe mvimbwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) avimbwe wavimbwe other classes positive subject concord + -vimbwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sivimbwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngevimbwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singevimbwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalivimbwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalivimbwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -avimbwa) Singular Plural 1st person navimbwa twavimbwa 2nd person wavimbwa mwavimbwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) avimbwa wavimbwa m-mi(III/IV) wavimbwa yavimbwa ji-ma(V/VI) lavimbwa yavimbwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chavimbwa vyavimbwa n(IX/X) yavimbwa zavimbwa u(XI) wavimbwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwavimbwa pa(XVI) pavimbwa mu(XVIII) mwavimbwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mevimbwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshavimbwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -javimbwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kivimbwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipovimbwa Consecutive kavimbwa / positive subject concord + -kavimbwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kavimbwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nivimbwa -tuvimbwa 2nd person -kuvimbwa -wavimbwa/-kuvimbweni/-wavimbweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mvimbwa -wavimbwa m-mi(III/IV) -uvimbwa -ivimbwa ji-ma(V/VI) -livimbwa -yavimbwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kivimbwa -vivimbwa n(IX/X) -ivimbwa -zivimbwa u(XI) -uvimbwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuvimbwa pa(XVI) -pavimbwa mu(XVIII) -muvimbwa Reflexive -jivimbwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -vimbwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -vimbwaye -vimbwao m-mi(III/IV) -vimbwao -vimbwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -vimbwalo -vimbwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -vimbwacho -vimbwavyo n(IX/X) -vimbwayo -vimbwazo u(XI) -vimbwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -vimbwako pa(XVI) -vimbwapo mu(XVIII) -vimbwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -vimbwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yevimbwa -ovimbwa m-mi(III/IV) -ovimbwa -yovimbwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lovimbwa -yovimbwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chovimbwa -vyovimbwa n(IX/X) -yovimbwa -zovimbwa u(XI) -ovimbwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kovimbwa pa(XVI) -povimbwa mu(XVIII) -movimbwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.