zagaa

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

Pronunciation

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Verb

-zagaa (infinitive kuzagaa)

1. to spread
2. to illuminate

Conjugation

Conjugation of -zagaa
Positive present -nazagaa Subjunctive -zagae Negative -zagai Imperative singular zagaa
Infinitives
Positive kuzagaa Negative kutozagaa
Imperatives
Singular zagaa Plural zagaeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huzagaa Positive past positive subject concord + -lizagaa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzagaa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazagaa) Singular Plural 1st person ninazagaa/nazagaa tunazagaa 2nd person unazagaa mnazagaa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazagaa wanazagaa other classes positive subject concord + -nazagaa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zagai) Singular Plural 1st person sizagai hatuzagai 2nd person huzagai hamzagai 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazagai hawazagai other classes negative subject concord + -zagai
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazagaa Negative future negative subject concord + -tazagaa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zagae) Singular Plural 1st person nizagae tuzagae 2nd person uzagae mzagae 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azagae wazagae other classes positive subject concord + -zagae
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizagae Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezagaa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezagaa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizagaa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizagaa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azagaa) Singular Plural 1st person nazagaa twazagaa 2nd person wazagaa mwazagaa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azagaa wazagaa m-mi(III/IV) wazagaa yazagaa ji-ma(V/VI) lazagaa yazagaa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazagaa vyazagaa n(IX/X) yazagaa zazagaa u(XI) wazagaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwazagaa pa(XVI) pazagaa mu(XVIII) mwazagaa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezagaa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshazagaa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazagaa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kizagaa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipozagaa Consecutive kazagaa / positive subject concord + -kazagaa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazagae
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nizagaa -tuzagaa 2nd person -kuzagaa -wazagaa/-kuzagaeni/-wazagaeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzagaa -wazagaa m-mi(III/IV) -uzagaa -izagaa ji-ma(V/VI) -lizagaa -yazagaa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizagaa -vizagaa n(IX/X) -izagaa -zizagaa u(XI) -uzagaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuzagaa pa(XVI) -pazagaa mu(XVIII) -muzagaa Reflexive -jizagaa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zagaa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -zagaaye -zagaao m-mi(III/IV) -zagaao -zagaayo ji-ma(V/VI) -zagaalo -zagaayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zagaacho -zagaavyo n(IX/X) -zagaayo -zagaazo u(XI) -zagaao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -zagaako pa(XVI) -zagaapo mu(XVIII) -zagaamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zagaa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yezagaa -ozagaa m-mi(III/IV) -ozagaa -yozagaa ji-ma(V/VI) -lozagaa -yozagaa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozagaa -vyozagaa n(IX/X) -yozagaa -zozagaa u(XI) -ozagaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kozagaa pa(XVI) -pozagaa mu(XVIII) -mozagaa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.