pembea

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-pembea (infinitive kupembea)

  1. Applicative form of -pemba

Conjugation

Conjugation of -pembea
Positive present -napembea
Subjunctive -pembee
Negative -pembei
Imperative singular pembea
Infinitives
Positive kupembea
Negative kutopembea
Imperatives
Singular pembea
Plural pembeeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupembea
Positive past positive subject concord + -lipembea
Negative past negative subject concord + -kupembea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napembea)
Singular Plural
1st person ninapembea/napembea tunapembea
2nd person unapembea mnapembea
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapembea wanapembea
other classes positive subject concord + -napembea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pembei)
Singular Plural
1st person sipembei hatupembei
2nd person hupembei hampembei
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapembei hawapembei
other classes negative subject concord + -pembei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapembea
Negative future negative subject concord + -tapembea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pembee)
Singular Plural
1st person nipembee tupembee
2nd person upembee mpembee
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apembee wapembee
other classes positive subject concord + -pembee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipembee
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepembea
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepembea
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipembea
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipembea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apembea)
Singular Plural
1st person napembea twapembea
2nd person wapembea mwapembea
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apembea wapembea
m-mi(III/IV) wapembea yapembea
ji-ma(V/VI) lapembea yapembea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapembea vyapembea
n(IX/X) yapembea zapembea
u(XI) wapembea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwapembea
pa(XVI) papembea
mu(XVIII) mwapembea
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepembea
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshapembea
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -japembea
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kipembea
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipopembea
Consecutive kapembea / positive subject concord + -kapembea
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapembee
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nipembea -tupembea
2nd person -kupembea -wapembea/-kupembeeni/-wapembeeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpembea -wapembea
m-mi(III/IV) -upembea -ipembea
ji-ma(V/VI) -lipembea -yapembea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipembea -vipembea
n(IX/X) -ipembea -zipembea
u(XI) -upembea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kupembea
pa(XVI) -papembea
mu(XVIII) -mupembea
Reflexive -jipembea
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -pembea- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -pembeaye -pembeao
m-mi(III/IV) -pembeao -pembeayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -pembealo -pembeayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pembeacho -pembeavyo
n(IX/X) -pembeayo -pembeazo
u(XI) -pembeao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -pembeako
pa(XVI) -pembeapo
mu(XVIII) -pembeamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -pembea)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yepembea -opembea
m-mi(III/IV) -opembea -yopembea
ji-ma(V/VI) -lopembea -yopembea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopembea -vyopembea
n(IX/X) -yopembea -zopembea
u(XI) -opembea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kopembea
pa(XVI) -popembea
mu(XVIII) -mopembea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.