zoeza

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-zoeza (infinitive kuzoeza)

1. Causative form of -zoea

Conjugation

Conjugation of -zoeza
Positive present -nazoeza Subjunctive -zoeze Negative -zoezi Imperative singular zoeza
Infinitives
Positive kuzoeza Negative kutozoeza
Imperatives
Singular zoeza Plural zoezeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huzoeza Positive past positive subject concord + -lizoeza Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzoeza
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazoeza) Singular Plural 1st person ninazoeza/nazoeza tunazoeza 2nd person unazoeza mnazoeza 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazoeza wanazoeza other classes positive subject concord + -nazoeza
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zoezi) Singular Plural 1st person sizoezi hatuzoezi 2nd person huzoezi hamzoezi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazoezi hawazoezi other classes negative subject concord + -zoezi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazoeza Negative future negative subject concord + -tazoeza
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zoeze) Singular Plural 1st person nizoeze tuzoeze 2nd person uzoeze mzoeze 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azoeze wazoeze other classes positive subject concord + -zoeze
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizoeze Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezoeza Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezoeza Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizoeza Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizoeza
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azoeza) Singular Plural 1st person nazoeza twazoeza 2nd person wazoeza mwazoeza 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azoeza wazoeza m-mi(III/IV) wazoeza yazoeza ji-ma(V/VI) lazoeza yazoeza ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazoeza vyazoeza n(IX/X) yazoeza zazoeza u(XI) wazoeza see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwazoeza pa(XVI) pazoeza mu(XVIII) mwazoeza
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezoeza "Already" positive subject concord + -meshazoeza "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazoeza "If/When" positive subject concord + -kizoeza "If not" positive subject concord + -sipozoeza Consecutive kazoeza / positive subject concord + -kazoeza Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazoeze
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nizoeza -tuzoeza 2nd person -kuzoeza -wazoeza/-kuzoezeni/-wazoezeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzoeza -wazoeza m-mi(III/IV) -uzoeza -izoeza ji-ma(V/VI) -lizoeza -yazoeza ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizoeza -vizoeza n(IX/X) -izoeza -zizoeza u(XI) -uzoeza see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuzoeza pa(XVI) -pazoeza mu(XVIII) -muzoeza Reflexive -jizoeza
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zoeza- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -zoezaye -zoezao m-mi(III/IV) -zoezao -zoezayo ji-ma(V/VI) -zoezalo -zoezayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zoezacho -zoezavyo n(IX/X) -zoezayo -zoezazo u(XI) -zoezao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -zoezako pa(XVI) -zoezapo mu(XVIII) -zoezamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zoeza) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yezoeza -ozoeza m-mi(III/IV) -ozoeza -yozoeza ji-ma(V/VI) -lozoeza -yozoeza ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozoeza -vyozoeza n(IX/X) -yozoeza -zozoeza u(XI) -ozoeza see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kozoeza pa(XVI) -pozoeza mu(XVIII) -mozoeza
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • zoezi (“practice, training”)