pendelea

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-pendelea (infinitive kupendelea)

  1. Applicative form of -pendea: to prefer, favor (to be in favor of)

Conjugation

Conjugation of -pendelea
Positive present -napendelea
Subjunctive -pendelee
Negative -pendelei
Imperative singular pendelea
Infinitives
Positive kupendelea
Negative kutopendelea
Imperatives
Singular pendelea
Plural pendeleeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupendelea
Positive past positive subject concord + -lipendelea
Negative past negative subject concord + -kupendelea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napendelea)
Singular Plural
1st person ninapendelea/napendelea tunapendelea
2nd person unapendelea mnapendelea
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapendelea wanapendelea
other classes positive subject concord + -napendelea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pendelei)
Singular Plural
1st person sipendelei hatupendelei
2nd person hupendelei hampendelei
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapendelei hawapendelei
other classes negative subject concord + -pendelei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapendelea
Negative future negative subject concord + -tapendelea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pendelee)
Singular Plural
1st person nipendelee tupendelee
2nd person upendelee mpendelee
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apendelee wapendelee
other classes positive subject concord + -pendelee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipendelee
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngependelea
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singependelea
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipendelea
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipendelea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apendelea)
Singular Plural
1st person napendelea twapendelea
2nd person wapendelea mwapendelea
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apendelea wapendelea
m-mi(III/IV) wapendelea yapendelea
ji-ma(V/VI) lapendelea yapendelea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapendelea vyapendelea
n(IX/X) yapendelea zapendelea
u(XI) wapendelea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwapendelea
pa(XVI) papendelea
mu(XVIII) mwapendelea
Perfect positive subject concord + -mependelea
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshapendelea
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -japendelea
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kipendelea
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipopendelea
Consecutive kapendelea / positive subject concord + -kapendelea
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapendelee
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nipendelea -tupendelea
2nd person -kupendelea -wapendelea/-kupendeleeni/-wapendeleeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpendelea -wapendelea
m-mi(III/IV) -upendelea -ipendelea
ji-ma(V/VI) -lipendelea -yapendelea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipendelea -vipendelea
n(IX/X) -ipendelea -zipendelea
u(XI) -upendelea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kupendelea
pa(XVI) -papendelea
mu(XVIII) -mupendelea
Reflexive -jipendelea
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -pendelea- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -pendeleaye -pendeleao
m-mi(III/IV) -pendeleao -pendeleayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -pendelealo -pendeleayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pendeleacho -pendeleavyo
n(IX/X) -pendeleayo -pendeleazo
u(XI) -pendeleao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -pendeleako
pa(XVI) -pendeleapo
mu(XVIII) -pendeleamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -pendelea)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yependelea -opendelea
m-mi(III/IV) -opendelea -yopendelea
ji-ma(V/VI) -lopendelea -yopendelea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopendelea -vyopendelea
n(IX/X) -yopendelea -zopendelea
u(XI) -opendelea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kopendelea
pa(XVI) -popendelea
mu(XVIII) -mopendelea
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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