ambia

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See also: ambìa

Italian

Pronunciation

Verb

ambia

  1. inflection of ambiare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Swahili

Etymology

From amb (say) +‎ -ia (benefactive).

Pronunciation

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Verb

-ambia (no plain infinitive)

  1. to tell
    Nitakuambia.I will tell you.
    Mniambieni!Please tell me!

Conjugation

Conjugation of -ambia (obligatory object concord)
Subjunctive -ambie
Negative -ambii
Object concord
Indicative positive
Singular Plural
1st person -niambia -tuambia
2nd person -kuambia -waambia/-kuambieni/-waambieni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwambia -waambia
other classes
Reflexive -jiambia
Subjunctive
Singular Plural
1st person -niambie -tuambie
2nd person -kuambie -waambie
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwambie -waambie
other classes
Reflexive -jiambie
Indicative negative
Singular Plural
1st person -niambii -tuambii
2nd person -kuambii -waambii
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwambii -waambii
other classes
Reflexive -jiambii
Relative forms general positive (positive subject concord + object concord + -ambia- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -ambiaye -ambiao
m-mi(III/IV) -ambiao -ambiayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -ambialo -ambiayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -ambiacho -ambiavyo
n(IX/X) -ambiayo -ambiazo
u(XI) -ambiao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -ambiako
pa(XVI) -ambiapo
mu(XVIII) -ambiamo
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms