bembeleza

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-bembeleza (infinitive kubembeleza)

  1. to calm, soothe
  2. to coax
    • 1973, Mohammed S. Abdulla, Duniani kuna watu, page 5:
      Nilikubembeleza hapa nikuoze mke, nawe ukakataa katakata.
      I coaxed you here to marry, and you flatly refused.

Conjugation

Conjugation of -bembeleza
Positive present -nabembeleza
Subjunctive -bembeleze
Negative -bembelezi
Imperative singular bembeleza
Infinitives
Positive kubembeleza
Negative kutobembeleza
Imperatives
Singular bembeleza
Plural bembelezeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hubembeleza
Positive past positive subject concord + -libembeleza
Negative past negative subject concord + -kubembeleza
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nabembeleza)
Singular Plural
1st person ninabembeleza/nabembeleza tunabembeleza
2nd person unabembeleza mnabembeleza
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anabembeleza wanabembeleza
other classes positive subject concord + -nabembeleza
Negative present (negative subject concord + -bembelezi)
Singular Plural
1st person sibembelezi hatubembelezi
2nd person hubembelezi hambembelezi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) habembelezi hawabembelezi
other classes negative subject concord + -bembelezi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tabembeleza
Negative future negative subject concord + -tabembeleza
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -bembeleze)
Singular Plural
1st person nibembeleze tubembeleze
2nd person ubembeleze mbembeleze
3rd person m-wa(I/II) abembeleze wabembeleze
other classes positive subject concord + -bembeleze
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sibembeleze
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngebembeleza
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singebembeleza
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalibembeleza
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalibembeleza
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -abembeleza)
Singular Plural
1st person nabembeleza twabembeleza
2nd person wabembeleza mwabembeleza
3rd person m-wa(I/II) abembeleza wabembeleza
m-mi(III/IV) wabembeleza yabembeleza
ji-ma(V/VI) labembeleza yabembeleza
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chabembeleza vyabembeleza
n(IX/X) yabembeleza zabembeleza
u(XI) wabembeleza see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwabembeleza
pa(XVI) pabembeleza
mu(XVIII) mwabembeleza
Perfect positive subject concord + -mebembeleza
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshabembeleza
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jabembeleza
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kibembeleza
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipobembeleza
Consecutive kabembeleza / positive subject concord + -kabembeleza
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kabembeleze
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nibembeleza -tubembeleza
2nd person -kubembeleza -wabembeleza/-kubembelezeni/-wabembelezeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mbembeleza -wabembeleza
m-mi(III/IV) -ubembeleza -ibembeleza
ji-ma(V/VI) -libembeleza -yabembeleza
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kibembeleza -vibembeleza
n(IX/X) -ibembeleza -zibembeleza
u(XI) -ubembeleza see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kubembeleza
pa(XVI) -pabembeleza
mu(XVIII) -mubembeleza
Reflexive -jibembeleza
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -bembeleza- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -bembelezaye -bembelezao
m-mi(III/IV) -bembelezao -bembelezayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -bembelezalo -bembelezayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -bembelezacho -bembelezavyo
n(IX/X) -bembelezayo -bembelezazo
u(XI) -bembelezao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -bembelezako
pa(XVI) -bembelezapo
mu(XVIII) -bembelezamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -bembeleza)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yebembeleza -obembeleza
m-mi(III/IV) -obembeleza -yobembeleza
ji-ma(V/VI) -lobembeleza -yobembeleza
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chobembeleza -vyobembeleza
n(IX/X) -yobembeleza -zobembeleza
u(XI) -obembeleza see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kobembeleza
pa(XVI) -pobembeleza
mu(XVIII) -mobembeleza
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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