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Icelandic
Pronunciation
Verb
ramba (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative rambaði, supine rambað)
- to rock, to sway
- to sway, to stagger, to waddle
Conjugation
infinitive (nafnháttur)
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að ramba
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supine (sagnbót)
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rambað
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present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)
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rambandi
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indicative (framsöguháttur)
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subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
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present (nútíð)
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ég ramba
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við römbum
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present (nútíð)
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ég rambi
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við römbum
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þú rambar
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þið rambið
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þú rambir
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þið rambið
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hann, hún, það rambar
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þeir, þær, þau ramba
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hann, hún, það rambi
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þeir, þær, þau rambi
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past (þátíð)
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ég rambaði
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við römbuðum
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past (þátíð)
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ég rambaði
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við römbuðum
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þú rambaðir
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þið römbuðuð
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þú rambaðir
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þið römbuðuð
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hann, hún, það rambaði
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þeir, þær, þau römbuðu
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hann, hún, það rambaði
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þeir, þær, þau römbuðu
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imperative (boðháttur)
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ramba (þú)
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rambið (þið)
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Forms with appended personal pronoun
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rambaðu
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rambiði *
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* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
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Synonyms
Swahili
Pronunciation
Verb
-ramba (infinitive kuramba)
- Alternative form of lamba (“to lick”)
Conjugation
Conjugation of -ramba
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Positive present
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-naramba
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Subjunctive
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-rambe
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Negative
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-rambi
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Imperative singular
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ramba
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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huramba
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -liramba
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kuramba
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -naramba)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninaramba/naramba
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tunaramba
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2nd person
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unaramba
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mnaramba
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anaramba
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wanaramba
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -naramba
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -rambi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sirambi
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haturambi
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2nd person
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hurambi
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hamrambi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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harambi
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hawarambi
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -rambi
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -taramba
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -taramba
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -rambe)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nirambe
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turambe
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2nd person
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urambe
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mrambe
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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arambe
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warambe
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -rambe
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sirambe
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngeramba
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singeramba
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngaliramba
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singaliramba
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -meramba
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -mesharamba
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jaramba
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kiramba
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -siporamba
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Consecutive
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karamba / positive subject concord + -karamba
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -karambe
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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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Derived terms