gombea

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-gombea (infinitive kugombea)

  1. Applicative form of -gomba: to compete, to contest

Conjugation

Conjugation of -gombea
Positive present -nagombea
Subjunctive -gombee
Negative -gombei
Imperative singular gombea
Infinitives
Positive kugombea
Negative kutogombea
Imperatives
Singular gombea
Plural gombeeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hugombea
Positive past positive subject concord + -ligombea
Negative past negative subject concord + -kugombea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nagombea)
Singular Plural
1st person ninagombea/nagombea tunagombea
2nd person unagombea mnagombea
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anagombea wanagombea
other classes positive subject concord + -nagombea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -gombei)
Singular Plural
1st person sigombei hatugombei
2nd person hugombei hamgombei
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hagombei hawagombei
other classes negative subject concord + -gombei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tagombea
Negative future negative subject concord + -tagombea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -gombee)
Singular Plural
1st person nigombee tugombee
2nd person ugombee mgombee
3rd person m-wa(I/II) agombee wagombee
other classes positive subject concord + -gombee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sigombee
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngegombea
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singegombea
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaligombea
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaligombea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -agombea)
Singular Plural
1st person nagombea twagombea
2nd person wagombea mwagombea
3rd person m-wa(I/II) agombea wagombea
m-mi(III/IV) wagombea yagombea
ji-ma(V/VI) lagombea yagombea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chagombea vyagombea
n(IX/X) yagombea zagombea
u(XI) wagombea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwagombea
pa(XVI) pagombea
mu(XVIII) mwagombea
Perfect positive subject concord + -megombea
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshagombea
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jagombea
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kigombea
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipogombea
Consecutive kagombea / positive subject concord + -kagombea
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kagombee
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nigombea -tugombea
2nd person -kugombea -wagombea/-kugombeeni/-wagombeeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mgombea -wagombea
m-mi(III/IV) -ugombea -igombea
ji-ma(V/VI) -ligombea -yagombea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kigombea -vigombea
n(IX/X) -igombea -zigombea
u(XI) -ugombea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kugombea
pa(XVI) -pagombea
mu(XVIII) -mugombea
Reflexive -jigombea
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -gombea- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -gombeaye -gombeao
m-mi(III/IV) -gombeao -gombeayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -gombealo -gombeayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -gombeacho -gombeavyo
n(IX/X) -gombeayo -gombeazo
u(XI) -gombeao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -gombeako
pa(XVI) -gombeapo
mu(XVIII) -gombeamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -gombea)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yegombea -ogombea
m-mi(III/IV) -ogombea -yogombea
ji-ma(V/VI) -logombea -yogombea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chogombea -vyogombea
n(IX/X) -yogombea -zogombea
u(XI) -ogombea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kogombea
pa(XVI) -pogombea
mu(XVIII) -mogombea
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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