zawadia

Swahili

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “It could either be an applicative of zawadi [gift] or from an Arabic word”)

Verb

-zawadia (infinitive kuzawadia)

1. to give a present

Conjugation

Conjugation of -zawadia
Positive present -nazawadia Subjunctive -zawadie Negative -zawadii Imperative singular zawadia
Infinitives
Positive kuzawadia Negative kutozawadia
Imperatives
Singular zawadia Plural zawadieni
Tensed forms
Habitual huzawadia Positive past positive subject concord + -lizawadia Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzawadia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazawadia) Singular Plural 1st person ninazawadia/nazawadia tunazawadia 2nd person unazawadia mnazawadia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazawadia wanazawadia other classes positive subject concord + -nazawadia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zawadii) Singular Plural 1st person sizawadii hatuzawadii 2nd person huzawadii hamzawadii 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazawadii hawazawadii other classes negative subject concord + -zawadii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazawadia Negative future negative subject concord + -tazawadia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zawadie) Singular Plural 1st person nizawadie tuzawadie 2nd person uzawadie mzawadie 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azawadie wazawadie other classes positive subject concord + -zawadie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizawadie Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezawadia Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezawadia Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizawadia Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizawadia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azawadia) Singular Plural 1st person nazawadia twazawadia 2nd person wazawadia mwazawadia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azawadia wazawadia m-mi(III/IV) wazawadia yazawadia ji-ma(V/VI) lazawadia yazawadia ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazawadia vyazawadia n(IX/X) yazawadia zazawadia u(XI) wazawadia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwazawadia pa(XVI) pazawadia mu(XVIII) mwazawadia
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezawadia "Already" positive subject concord + -meshazawadia "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazawadia "If/When" positive subject concord + -kizawadia "If not" positive subject concord + -sipozawadia Consecutive kazawadia / positive subject concord + -kazawadia Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazawadie
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nizawadia -tuzawadia 2nd person -kuzawadia -wazawadia/-kuzawadieni/-wazawadieni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzawadia -wazawadia m-mi(III/IV) -uzawadia -izawadia ji-ma(V/VI) -lizawadia -yazawadia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizawadia -vizawadia n(IX/X) -izawadia -zizawadia u(XI) -uzawadia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuzawadia pa(XVI) -pazawadia mu(XVIII) -muzawadia Reflexive -jizawadia
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zawadia- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -zawadiaye -zawadiao m-mi(III/IV) -zawadiao -zawadiayo ji-ma(V/VI) -zawadialo -zawadiayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zawadiacho -zawadiavyo n(IX/X) -zawadiayo -zawadiazo u(XI) -zawadiao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -zawadiako pa(XVI) -zawadiapo mu(XVIII) -zawadiamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zawadia) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yezawadia -ozawadia m-mi(III/IV) -ozawadia -yozawadia ji-ma(V/VI) -lozawadia -yozawadia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozawadia -vyozawadia n(IX/X) -yozawadia -zozawadia u(XI) -ozawadia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kozawadia pa(XVI) -pozawadia mu(XVIII) -mozawadia
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.