zoelewa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-zoelewa (infinitive kuzoelewa)

1. Passive form of -zoea

Conjugation

Conjugation of -zoelewa
Positive present -nazoelewa Subjunctive -zoelewe Negative -zoelewi Imperative singular zoelewa
Infinitives
Positive kuzoelewa Negative kutozoelewa
Imperatives
Singular zoelewa Plural zoeleweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huzoelewa Positive past positive subject concord + -lizoelewa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzoelewa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazoelewa) Singular Plural 1st person ninazoelewa/nazoelewa tunazoelewa 2nd person unazoelewa mnazoelewa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazoelewa wanazoelewa other classes positive subject concord + -nazoelewa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zoelewi) Singular Plural 1st person sizoelewi hatuzoelewi 2nd person huzoelewi hamzoelewi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazoelewi hawazoelewi other classes negative subject concord + -zoelewi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazoelewa Negative future negative subject concord + -tazoelewa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zoelewe) Singular Plural 1st person nizoelewe tuzoelewe 2nd person uzoelewe mzoelewe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azoelewe wazoelewe other classes positive subject concord + -zoelewe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizoelewe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezoelewa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezoelewa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizoelewa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizoelewa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azoelewa) Singular Plural 1st person nazoelewa twazoelewa 2nd person wazoelewa mwazoelewa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azoelewa wazoelewa m-mi(III/IV) wazoelewa yazoelewa ji-ma(V/VI) lazoelewa yazoelewa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazoelewa vyazoelewa n(IX/X) yazoelewa zazoelewa u(XI) wazoelewa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwazoelewa pa(XVI) pazoelewa mu(XVIII) mwazoelewa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezoelewa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshazoelewa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazoelewa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kizoelewa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipozoelewa Consecutive kazoelewa / positive subject concord + -kazoelewa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazoelewe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nizoelewa -tuzoelewa 2nd person -kuzoelewa -wazoelewa/-kuzoeleweni/-wazoeleweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzoelewa -wazoelewa m-mi(III/IV) -uzoelewa -izoelewa ji-ma(V/VI) -lizoelewa -yazoelewa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizoelewa -vizoelewa n(IX/X) -izoelewa -zizoelewa u(XI) -uzoelewa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuzoelewa pa(XVI) -pazoelewa mu(XVIII) -muzoelewa Reflexive -jizoelewa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zoelewa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -zoelewaye -zoelewao m-mi(III/IV) -zoelewao -zoelewayo ji-ma(V/VI) -zoelewalo -zoelewayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zoelewacho -zoelewavyo n(IX/X) -zoelewayo -zoelewazo u(XI) -zoelewao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -zoelewako pa(XVI) -zoelewapo mu(XVIII) -zoelewamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zoelewa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yezoelewa -ozoelewa m-mi(III/IV) -ozoelewa -yozoelewa ji-ma(V/VI) -lozoelewa -yozoelewa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozoelewa -vyozoelewa n(IX/X) -yozoelewa -zozoelewa u(XI) -ozoelewa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kozoelewa pa(XVI) -pozoelewa mu(XVIII) -mozoelewa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.