vunjia

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-vunjia (infinitive kuvunjia)

1. Applicative form of -vunja

Conjugation

Conjugation of -vunjia
Positive present -navunjia Subjunctive -vunjie Negative -vunjii Imperative singular vunjia
Infinitives
Positive kuvunjia Negative kutovunjia
Imperatives
Singular vunjia Plural vunjieni
Tensed forms
Habitual huvunjia Positive past positive subject concord + -livunjia Negative past negative subject concord + -kuvunjia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -navunjia) Singular Plural 1st person ninavunjia/navunjia tunavunjia 2nd person unavunjia mnavunjia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anavunjia wanavunjia other classes positive subject concord + -navunjia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -vunjii) Singular Plural 1st person sivunjii hatuvunjii 2nd person huvunjii hamvunjii 3rd person m-wa(I/II) havunjii hawavunjii other classes negative subject concord + -vunjii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tavunjia Negative future negative subject concord + -tavunjia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -vunjie) Singular Plural 1st person nivunjie tuvunjie 2nd person uvunjie mvunjie 3rd person m-wa(I/II) avunjie wavunjie other classes positive subject concord + -vunjie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sivunjie Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngevunjia Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singevunjia Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalivunjia Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalivunjia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -avunjia) Singular Plural 1st person navunjia twavunjia 2nd person wavunjia mwavunjia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) avunjia wavunjia m-mi(III/IV) wavunjia yavunjia ji-ma(V/VI) lavunjia yavunjia ki-vi(VII/VIII) chavunjia vyavunjia n(IX/X) yavunjia zavunjia u(XI) wavunjia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwavunjia pa(XVI) pavunjia mu(XVIII) mwavunjia
Perfect positive subject concord + -mevunjia "Already" positive subject concord + -meshavunjia "Not yet" negative subject concord + -javunjia "If/When" positive subject concord + -kivunjia "If not" positive subject concord + -sipovunjia Consecutive kavunjia / positive subject concord + -kavunjia Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kavunjie
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nivunjia -tuvunjia 2nd person -kuvunjia -wavunjia/-kuvunjieni/-wavunjieni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mvunjia -wavunjia m-mi(III/IV) -uvunjia -ivunjia ji-ma(V/VI) -livunjia -yavunjia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kivunjia -vivunjia n(IX/X) -ivunjia -zivunjia u(XI) -uvunjia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuvunjia pa(XVI) -pavunjia mu(XVIII) -muvunjia Reflexive -jivunjia
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -vunjia- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -vunjiaye -vunjiao m-mi(III/IV) -vunjiao -vunjiayo ji-ma(V/VI) -vunjialo -vunjiayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -vunjiacho -vunjiavyo n(IX/X) -vunjiayo -vunjiazo u(XI) -vunjiao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -vunjiako pa(XVI) -vunjiapo mu(XVIII) -vunjiamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -vunjia) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yevunjia -ovunjia m-mi(III/IV) -ovunjia -yovunjia ji-ma(V/VI) -lovunjia -yovunjia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chovunjia -vyovunjia n(IX/X) -yovunjia -zovunjia u(XI) -ovunjia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kovunjia pa(XVI) -povunjia mu(XVIII) -movunjia
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.