bembea

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-bembea (infinitive kubembea)

  1. to rock, to swing

Conjugation

Conjugation of -bembea
Positive present -nabembea
Subjunctive -bembee
Negative -bembei
Imperative singular bembea
Infinitives
Positive kubembea
Negative kutobembea
Imperatives
Singular bembea
Plural bembeeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hubembea
Positive past positive subject concord + -libembea
Negative past negative subject concord + -kubembea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nabembea)
Singular Plural
1st person ninabembea/nabembea tunabembea
2nd person unabembea mnabembea
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anabembea wanabembea
other classes positive subject concord + -nabembea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -bembei)
Singular Plural
1st person sibembei hatubembei
2nd person hubembei hambembei
3rd person m-wa(I/II) habembei hawabembei
other classes negative subject concord + -bembei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tabembea
Negative future negative subject concord + -tabembea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -bembee)
Singular Plural
1st person nibembee tubembee
2nd person ubembee mbembee
3rd person m-wa(I/II) abembee wabembee
other classes positive subject concord + -bembee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sibembee
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngebembea
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singebembea
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalibembea
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalibembea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -abembea)
Singular Plural
1st person nabembea twabembea
2nd person wabembea mwabembea
3rd person m-wa(I/II) abembea wabembea
m-mi(III/IV) wabembea yabembea
ji-ma(V/VI) labembea yabembea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chabembea vyabembea
n(IX/X) yabembea zabembea
u(XI) wabembea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwabembea
pa(XVI) pabembea
mu(XVIII) mwabembea
Perfect positive subject concord + -mebembea
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshabembea
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jabembea
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kibembea
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipobembea
Consecutive kabembea / positive subject concord + -kabembea
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kabembee
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nibembea -tubembea
2nd person -kubembea -wabembea/-kubembeeni/-wabembeeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mbembea -wabembea
m-mi(III/IV) -ubembea -ibembea
ji-ma(V/VI) -libembea -yabembea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kibembea -vibembea
n(IX/X) -ibembea -zibembea
u(XI) -ubembea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kubembea
pa(XVI) -pabembea
mu(XVIII) -mubembea
Reflexive -jibembea
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -bembea- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -bembeaye -bembeao
m-mi(III/IV) -bembeao -bembeayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -bembealo -bembeayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -bembeacho -bembeavyo
n(IX/X) -bembeayo -bembeazo
u(XI) -bembeao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -bembeako
pa(XVI) -bembeapo
mu(XVIII) -bembeamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -bembea)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yebembea -obembea
m-mi(III/IV) -obembea -yobembea
ji-ma(V/VI) -lobembea -yobembea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chobembea -vyobembea
n(IX/X) -yobembea -zobembea
u(XI) -obembea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kobembea
pa(XVI) -pobembea
mu(XVIII) -mobembea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

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