pooza

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-pooza (infinitive kupooza)

  1. to paralyze
  2. (fruit) to be withered

Conjugation

Conjugation of -pooza
Positive present -napooza
Subjunctive -pooze
Negative -poozi
Imperative singular pooza
Infinitives
Positive kupooza
Negative kutopooza
Imperatives
Singular pooza
Plural poozeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupooza
Positive past positive subject concord + -lipooza
Negative past negative subject concord + -kupooza
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napooza)
Singular Plural
1st person ninapooza/napooza tunapooza
2nd person unapooza mnapooza
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapooza wanapooza
other classes positive subject concord + -napooza
Negative present (negative subject concord + -poozi)
Singular Plural
1st person sipoozi hatupoozi
2nd person hupoozi hampoozi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapoozi hawapoozi
other classes negative subject concord + -poozi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapooza
Negative future negative subject concord + -tapooza
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pooze)
Singular Plural
1st person nipooze tupooze
2nd person upooze mpooze
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apooze wapooze
other classes positive subject concord + -pooze
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipooze
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepooza
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepooza
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipooza
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipooza
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apooza)
Singular Plural
1st person napooza twapooza
2nd person wapooza mwapooza
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apooza wapooza
m-mi(III/IV) wapooza yapooza
ji-ma(V/VI) lapooza yapooza
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapooza vyapooza
n(IX/X) yapooza zapooza
u(XI) wapooza see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwapooza
pa(XVI) papooza
mu(XVIII) mwapooza
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepooza
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshapooza
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -japooza
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kipooza
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipopooza
Consecutive kapooza / positive subject concord + -kapooza
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapooze
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nipooza -tupooza
2nd person -kupooza -wapooza/-kupoozeni/-wapoozeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpooza -wapooza
m-mi(III/IV) -upooza -ipooza
ji-ma(V/VI) -lipooza -yapooza
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipooza -vipooza
n(IX/X) -ipooza -zipooza
u(XI) -upooza see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kupooza
pa(XVI) -papooza
mu(XVIII) -mupooza
Reflexive -jipooza
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -pooza- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -poozaye -poozao
m-mi(III/IV) -poozao -poozayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -poozalo -poozayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -poozacho -poozavyo
n(IX/X) -poozayo -poozazo
u(XI) -poozao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -poozako
pa(XVI) -poozapo
mu(XVIII) -poozamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -pooza)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yepooza -opooza
m-mi(III/IV) -opooza -yopooza
ji-ma(V/VI) -lopooza -yopooza
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopooza -vyopooza
n(IX/X) -yopooza -zopooza
u(XI) -opooza see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kopooza
pa(XVI) -popooza
mu(XVIII) -mopooza
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms