kerea

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Swahili

Verb

-kerea (infinitive kukerea)

  1. Applicative form of -kera

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kerea
Positive present -nakerea
Subjunctive -keree
Negative -kerei
Imperative singular kerea
Infinitives
Positive kukerea
Negative kutokerea
Imperatives
Singular kerea
Plural kereeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukerea
Positive past positive subject concord + -likerea
Negative past negative subject concord + -kukerea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakerea)
Singular Plural
1st person ninakerea/nakerea tunakerea
2nd person unakerea mnakerea
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakerea wanakerea
other classes positive subject concord + -nakerea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kerei)
Singular Plural
1st person sikerei hatukerei
2nd person hukerei hamkerei
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakerei hawakerei
other classes negative subject concord + -kerei
Positive future positive subject concord + -takerea
Negative future negative subject concord + -takerea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -keree)
Singular Plural
1st person nikeree tukeree
2nd person ukeree mkeree
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akeree wakeree
other classes positive subject concord + -keree
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikeree
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekerea
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekerea
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikerea
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikerea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akerea)
Singular Plural
1st person nakerea twakerea
2nd person wakerea mwakerea
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akerea wakerea
m-mi(III/IV) wakerea yakerea
ji-ma(V/VI) lakerea yakerea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakerea vyakerea
n(IX/X) yakerea zakerea
u(XI) wakerea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwakerea
pa(XVI) pakerea
mu(XVIII) mwakerea
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekerea
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshakerea
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakerea
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kikerea
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipokerea
Consecutive kakerea / positive subject concord + -kakerea
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakeree
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nikerea -tukerea
2nd person -kukerea -wakerea/-kukereeni/-wakereeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkerea -wakerea
m-mi(III/IV) -ukerea -ikerea
ji-ma(V/VI) -likerea -yakerea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikerea -vikerea
n(IX/X) -ikerea -zikerea
u(XI) -ukerea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kukerea
pa(XVI) -pakerea
mu(XVIII) -mukerea
Reflexive -jikerea
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kerea- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -kereaye -kereao
m-mi(III/IV) -kereao -kereayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -kerealo -kereayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kereacho -kereavyo
n(IX/X) -kereayo -kereazo
u(XI) -kereao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kereako
pa(XVI) -kereapo
mu(XVIII) -kereamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kerea)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yekerea -okerea
m-mi(III/IV) -okerea -yokerea
ji-ma(V/VI) -lokerea -yokerea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokerea -vyokerea
n(IX/X) -yokerea -zokerea
u(XI) -okerea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kokerea
pa(XVI) -pokerea
mu(XVIII) -mokerea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.