zeeka

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-zeeka (infinitive kuzeeka)

1. to age, to get old
2. to wear out

Conjugation

Conjugation of -zeeka
Positive present -nazeeka Subjunctive -zeeke Negative -zeeki Imperative singular zeeka
Infinitives
Positive kuzeeka Negative kutozeeka
Imperatives
Singular zeeka Plural zeekeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huzeeka Positive past positive subject concord + -lizeeka Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzeeka
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazeeka) Singular Plural 1st person ninazeeka/nazeeka tunazeeka 2nd person unazeeka mnazeeka 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazeeka wanazeeka other classes positive subject concord + -nazeeka
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zeeki) Singular Plural 1st person sizeeki hatuzeeki 2nd person huzeeki hamzeeki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazeeki hawazeeki other classes negative subject concord + -zeeki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazeeka Negative future negative subject concord + -tazeeka
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zeeke) Singular Plural 1st person nizeeke tuzeeke 2nd person uzeeke mzeeke 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azeeke wazeeke other classes positive subject concord + -zeeke
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizeeke Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezeeka Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezeeka Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizeeka Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizeeka
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azeeka) Singular Plural 1st person nazeeka twazeeka 2nd person wazeeka mwazeeka 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azeeka wazeeka m-mi(III/IV) wazeeka yazeeka ji-ma(V/VI) lazeeka yazeeka ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazeeka vyazeeka n(IX/X) yazeeka zazeeka u(XI) wazeeka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwazeeka pa(XVI) pazeeka mu(XVIII) mwazeeka
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezeeka "Already" positive subject concord + -meshazeeka "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazeeka "If/When" positive subject concord + -kizeeka "If not" positive subject concord + -sipozeeka Consecutive kazeeka / positive subject concord + -kazeeka Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazeeke
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nizeeka -tuzeeka 2nd person -kuzeeka -wazeeka/-kuzeekeni/-wazeekeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzeeka -wazeeka m-mi(III/IV) -uzeeka -izeeka ji-ma(V/VI) -lizeeka -yazeeka ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizeeka -vizeeka n(IX/X) -izeeka -zizeeka u(XI) -uzeeka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuzeeka pa(XVI) -pazeeka mu(XVIII) -muzeeka Reflexive -jizeeka
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zeeka- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -zeekaye -zeekao m-mi(III/IV) -zeekao -zeekayo ji-ma(V/VI) -zeekalo -zeekayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zeekacho -zeekavyo n(IX/X) -zeekayo -zeekazo u(XI) -zeekao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -zeekako pa(XVI) -zeekapo mu(XVIII) -zeekamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zeeka) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yezeeka -ozeeka m-mi(III/IV) -ozeeka -yozeeka ji-ma(V/VI) -lozeeka -yozeeka ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozeeka -vyozeeka n(IX/X) -yozeeka -zozeeka u(XI) -ozeeka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kozeeka pa(XVI) -pozeeka mu(XVIII) -mozeeka
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.