zungukwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-zungukwa (infinitive kuzungukwa)

1. Passive form of -zunguka: to be surrounded

Conjugation

Conjugation of -zungukwa
Positive present -nazungukwa Subjunctive -zungukwe Negative -zungukwi Imperative singular zungukwa
Infinitives
Positive kuzungukwa Negative kutozungukwa
Imperatives
Singular zungukwa Plural zungukweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huzungukwa Positive past positive subject concord + -lizungukwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzungukwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazungukwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninazungukwa/nazungukwa tunazungukwa 2nd person unazungukwa mnazungukwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazungukwa wanazungukwa other classes positive subject concord + -nazungukwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zungukwi) Singular Plural 1st person sizungukwi hatuzungukwi 2nd person huzungukwi hamzungukwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazungukwi hawazungukwi other classes negative subject concord + -zungukwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazungukwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tazungukwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zungukwe) Singular Plural 1st person nizungukwe tuzungukwe 2nd person uzungukwe mzungukwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azungukwe wazungukwe other classes positive subject concord + -zungukwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizungukwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezungukwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezungukwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizungukwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizungukwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azungukwa) Singular Plural 1st person nazungukwa twazungukwa 2nd person wazungukwa mwazungukwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azungukwa wazungukwa m-mi(III/IV) wazungukwa yazungukwa ji-ma(V/VI) lazungukwa yazungukwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazungukwa vyazungukwa n(IX/X) yazungukwa zazungukwa u(XI) wazungukwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwazungukwa pa(XVI) pazungukwa mu(XVIII) mwazungukwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezungukwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshazungukwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazungukwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kizungukwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipozungukwa Consecutive kazungukwa / positive subject concord + -kazungukwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazungukwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nizungukwa -tuzungukwa 2nd person -kuzungukwa -wazungukwa/-kuzungukweni/-wazungukweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzungukwa -wazungukwa m-mi(III/IV) -uzungukwa -izungukwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lizungukwa -yazungukwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizungukwa -vizungukwa n(IX/X) -izungukwa -zizungukwa u(XI) -uzungukwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuzungukwa pa(XVI) -pazungukwa mu(XVIII) -muzungukwa Reflexive -jizungukwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zungukwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -zungukwaye -zungukwao m-mi(III/IV) -zungukwao -zungukwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -zungukwalo -zungukwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zungukwacho -zungukwavyo n(IX/X) -zungukwayo -zungukwazo u(XI) -zungukwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -zungukwako pa(XVI) -zungukwapo mu(XVIII) -zungukwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zungukwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yezungukwa -ozungukwa m-mi(III/IV) -ozungukwa -yozungukwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lozungukwa -yozungukwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozungukwa -vyozungukwa n(IX/X) -yozungukwa -zozungukwa u(XI) -ozungukwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kozungukwa pa(XVI) -pozungukwa mu(XVIII) -mozungukwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.