pemba

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-pemba (infinitive kupemba)

  1. to trick, deceive, cheat

Conjugation

Conjugation of -pemba
Positive present -napemba
Subjunctive -pembe
Negative -pembi
Imperative singular pemba
Infinitives
Positive kupemba
Negative kutopemba
Imperatives
Singular pemba
Plural pembeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupemba
Positive past positive subject concord + -lipemba
Negative past negative subject concord + -kupemba
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napemba)
Singular Plural
1st person ninapemba/napemba tunapemba
2nd person unapemba mnapemba
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapemba wanapemba
other classes positive subject concord + -napemba
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pembi)
Singular Plural
1st person sipembi hatupembi
2nd person hupembi hampembi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapembi hawapembi
other classes negative subject concord + -pembi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapemba
Negative future negative subject concord + -tapemba
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pembe)
Singular Plural
1st person nipembe tupembe
2nd person upembe mpembe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apembe wapembe
other classes positive subject concord + -pembe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipembe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepemba
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepemba
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipemba
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipemba
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apemba)
Singular Plural
1st person napemba twapemba
2nd person wapemba mwapemba
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apemba wapemba
m-mi(III/IV) wapemba yapemba
ji-ma(V/VI) lapemba yapemba
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapemba vyapemba
n(IX/X) yapemba zapemba
u(XI) wapemba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwapemba
pa(XVI) papemba
mu(XVIII) mwapemba
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepemba
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshapemba
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -japemba
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kipemba
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipopemba
Consecutive kapemba / positive subject concord + -kapemba
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapembe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nipemba -tupemba
2nd person -kupemba -wapemba/-kupembeni/-wapembeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpemba -wapemba
m-mi(III/IV) -upemba -ipemba
ji-ma(V/VI) -lipemba -yapemba
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipemba -vipemba
n(IX/X) -ipemba -zipemba
u(XI) -upemba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kupemba
pa(XVI) -papemba
mu(XVIII) -mupemba
Reflexive -jipemba
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -pemba- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -pembaye -pembao
m-mi(III/IV) -pembao -pembayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -pembalo -pembayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pembacho -pembavyo
n(IX/X) -pembayo -pembazo
u(XI) -pembao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -pembako
pa(XVI) -pembapo
mu(XVIII) -pembamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -pemba)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yepemba -opemba
m-mi(III/IV) -opemba -yopemba
ji-ma(V/VI) -lopemba -yopemba
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopemba -vyopemba
n(IX/X) -yopemba -zopemba
u(XI) -opemba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kopemba
pa(XVI) -popemba
mu(XVIII) -mopemba
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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