zimwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-zimwa (infinitive kuzimwa)

1. Passive form of -zima

Conjugation

Conjugation of -zimwa
Positive present -nazimwa Subjunctive -zimwe Negative -zimwi Imperative singular zimwa
Infinitives
Positive kuzimwa Negative kutozimwa
Imperatives
Singular zimwa Plural zimweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huzimwa Positive past positive subject concord + -lizimwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzimwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazimwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninazimwa/nazimwa tunazimwa 2nd person unazimwa mnazimwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazimwa wanazimwa other classes positive subject concord + -nazimwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zimwi) Singular Plural 1st person sizimwi hatuzimwi 2nd person huzimwi hamzimwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazimwi hawazimwi other classes negative subject concord + -zimwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazimwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tazimwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zimwe) Singular Plural 1st person nizimwe tuzimwe 2nd person uzimwe mzimwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azimwe wazimwe other classes positive subject concord + -zimwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizimwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezimwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezimwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizimwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizimwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azimwa) Singular Plural 1st person nazimwa twazimwa 2nd person wazimwa mwazimwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azimwa wazimwa m-mi(III/IV) wazimwa yazimwa ji-ma(V/VI) lazimwa yazimwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazimwa vyazimwa n(IX/X) yazimwa zazimwa u(XI) wazimwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwazimwa pa(XVI) pazimwa mu(XVIII) mwazimwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezimwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshazimwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazimwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kizimwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipozimwa Consecutive kazimwa / positive subject concord + -kazimwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazimwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nizimwa -tuzimwa 2nd person -kuzimwa -wazimwa/-kuzimweni/-wazimweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzimwa -wazimwa m-mi(III/IV) -uzimwa -izimwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lizimwa -yazimwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizimwa -vizimwa n(IX/X) -izimwa -zizimwa u(XI) -uzimwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuzimwa pa(XVI) -pazimwa mu(XVIII) -muzimwa Reflexive -jizimwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zimwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -zimwaye -zimwao m-mi(III/IV) -zimwao -zimwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -zimwalo -zimwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zimwacho -zimwavyo n(IX/X) -zimwayo -zimwazo u(XI) -zimwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -zimwako pa(XVI) -zimwapo mu(XVIII) -zimwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zimwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yezimwa -ozimwa m-mi(III/IV) -ozimwa -yozimwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lozimwa -yozimwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozimwa -vyozimwa n(IX/X) -yozimwa -zozimwa u(XI) -ozimwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kozimwa pa(XVI) -pozimwa mu(XVIII) -mozimwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.