pembana

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-pembana (infinitive kupembana)

  1. Reciprocal form of -pemba

Conjugation

Conjugation of -pembana
Positive present -napembana
Subjunctive -pembane
Negative -pembani
Imperative singular pembana
Infinitives
Positive kupembana
Negative kutopembana
Imperatives
Singular pembana
Plural pembaneni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupembana
Positive past positive subject concord + -lipembana
Negative past negative subject concord + -kupembana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napembana)
Singular Plural
1st person ninapembana/napembana tunapembana
2nd person unapembana mnapembana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapembana wanapembana
other classes positive subject concord + -napembana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pembani)
Singular Plural
1st person sipembani hatupembani
2nd person hupembani hampembani
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapembani hawapembani
other classes negative subject concord + -pembani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapembana
Negative future negative subject concord + -tapembana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pembane)
Singular Plural
1st person nipembane tupembane
2nd person upembane mpembane
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apembane wapembane
other classes positive subject concord + -pembane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipembane
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepembana
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepembana
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipembana
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipembana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apembana)
Singular Plural
1st person napembana twapembana
2nd person wapembana mwapembana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apembana wapembana
m-mi(III/IV) wapembana yapembana
ji-ma(V/VI) lapembana yapembana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapembana vyapembana
n(IX/X) yapembana zapembana
u(XI) wapembana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwapembana
pa(XVI) papembana
mu(XVIII) mwapembana
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepembana
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshapembana
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -japembana
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kipembana
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipopembana
Consecutive kapembana / positive subject concord + -kapembana
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapembane
Object concord —
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + -pembana- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -pembanaye -pembanao
m-mi(III/IV) -pembanao -pembanayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -pembanalo -pembanayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pembanacho -pembanavyo
n(IX/X) -pembanayo -pembanazo
u(XI) -pembanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -pembanako
pa(XVI) -pembanapo
mu(XVIII) -pembanamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -pembana)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yepembana -opembana
m-mi(III/IV) -opembana -yopembana
ji-ma(V/VI) -lopembana -yopembana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopembana -vyopembana
n(IX/X) -yopembana -zopembana
u(XI) -opembana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kopembana
pa(XVI) -popembana
mu(XVIII) -mopembana
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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