geua

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Swahili

Verb

-geua (infinitive kugeua)

  1. to change, to switch

Conjugation

Conjugation of -geua
Positive present -nageua
Subjunctive -geue
Negative -geui
Imperative singular geua
Infinitives
Positive kugeua
Negative kutogeua
Imperatives
Singular geua
Plural geueni
Tensed forms
Habitual hugeua
Positive past positive subject concord + -ligeua
Negative past negative subject concord + -kugeua
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nageua)
Singular Plural
1st person ninageua/nageua tunageua
2nd person unageua mnageua
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anageua wanageua
other classes positive subject concord + -nageua
Negative present (negative subject concord + -geui)
Singular Plural
1st person sigeui hatugeui
2nd person hugeui hamgeui
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hageui hawageui
other classes negative subject concord + -geui
Positive future positive subject concord + -tageua
Negative future negative subject concord + -tageua
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -geue)
Singular Plural
1st person nigeue tugeue
2nd person ugeue mgeue
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ageue wageue
other classes positive subject concord + -geue
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sigeue
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngegeua
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singegeua
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaligeua
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaligeua
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ageua)
Singular Plural
1st person nageua twageua
2nd person wageua mwageua
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ageua wageua
m-mi(III/IV) wageua yageua
ji-ma(V/VI) lageua yageua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chageua vyageua
n(IX/X) yageua zageua
u(XI) wageua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwageua
pa(XVI) pageua
mu(XVIII) mwageua
Perfect positive subject concord + -megeua
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshageua
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jageua
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kigeua
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipogeua
Consecutive kageua / positive subject concord + -kageua
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kageue
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nigeua -tugeua
2nd person -kugeua -wageua/-kugeueni/-wageueni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mgeua -wageua
m-mi(III/IV) -ugeua -igeua
ji-ma(V/VI) -ligeua -yageua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kigeua -vigeua
n(IX/X) -igeua -zigeua
u(XI) -ugeua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kugeua
pa(XVI) -pageua
mu(XVIII) -mugeua
Reflexive -jigeua
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -geua- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -geuaye -geuao
m-mi(III/IV) -geuao -geuayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -geualo -geuayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -geuacho -geuavyo
n(IX/X) -geuayo -geuazo
u(XI) -geuao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -geuako
pa(XVI) -geuapo
mu(XVIII) -geuamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -geua)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yegeua -ogeua
m-mi(III/IV) -ogeua -yogeua
ji-ma(V/VI) -logeua -yogeua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chogeua -vyogeua
n(IX/X) -yogeua -zogeua
u(XI) -ogeua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kogeua
pa(XVI) -pogeua
mu(XVIII) -mogeua
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms