zungumzwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-zungumzwa (infinitive kuzungumzwa)

1. Passive form of -zungumza: to be spoken to

Conjugation

Conjugation of -zungumzwa
Positive present -nazungumzwa Subjunctive -zungumzwe Negative -zungumzwi Imperative singular zungumzwa
Infinitives
Positive kuzungumzwa Negative kutozungumzwa
Imperatives
Singular zungumzwa Plural zungumzweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huzungumzwa Positive past positive subject concord + -lizungumzwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzungumzwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazungumzwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninazungumzwa/nazungumzwa tunazungumzwa 2nd person unazungumzwa mnazungumzwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazungumzwa wanazungumzwa other classes positive subject concord + -nazungumzwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zungumzwi) Singular Plural 1st person sizungumzwi hatuzungumzwi 2nd person huzungumzwi hamzungumzwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazungumzwi hawazungumzwi other classes negative subject concord + -zungumzwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazungumzwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tazungumzwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zungumzwe) Singular Plural 1st person nizungumzwe tuzungumzwe 2nd person uzungumzwe mzungumzwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azungumzwe wazungumzwe other classes positive subject concord + -zungumzwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizungumzwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezungumzwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezungumzwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizungumzwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizungumzwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azungumzwa) Singular Plural 1st person nazungumzwa twazungumzwa 2nd person wazungumzwa mwazungumzwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azungumzwa wazungumzwa m-mi(III/IV) wazungumzwa yazungumzwa ji-ma(V/VI) lazungumzwa yazungumzwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazungumzwa vyazungumzwa n(IX/X) yazungumzwa zazungumzwa u(XI) wazungumzwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwazungumzwa pa(XVI) pazungumzwa mu(XVIII) mwazungumzwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezungumzwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshazungumzwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazungumzwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kizungumzwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipozungumzwa Consecutive kazungumzwa / positive subject concord + -kazungumzwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazungumzwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nizungumzwa -tuzungumzwa 2nd person -kuzungumzwa -wazungumzwa/-kuzungumzweni/-wazungumzweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzungumzwa -wazungumzwa m-mi(III/IV) -uzungumzwa -izungumzwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lizungumzwa -yazungumzwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizungumzwa -vizungumzwa n(IX/X) -izungumzwa -zizungumzwa u(XI) -uzungumzwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuzungumzwa pa(XVI) -pazungumzwa mu(XVIII) -muzungumzwa Reflexive -jizungumzwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zungumzwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -zungumzwaye -zungumzwao m-mi(III/IV) -zungumzwao -zungumzwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -zungumzwalo -zungumzwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zungumzwacho -zungumzwavyo n(IX/X) -zungumzwayo -zungumzwazo u(XI) -zungumzwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -zungumzwako pa(XVI) -zungumzwapo mu(XVIII) -zungumzwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zungumzwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yezungumzwa -ozungumzwa m-mi(III/IV) -ozungumzwa -yozungumzwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lozungumzwa -yozungumzwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozungumzwa -vyozungumzwa n(IX/X) -yozungumzwa -zozungumzwa u(XI) -ozungumzwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kozungumzwa pa(XVI) -pozungumzwa mu(XVIII) -mozungumzwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.