tawaliwa

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Swahili

Verb

-tawaliwa (infinitive kutawaliwa)

  1. Passive form of -tawala: to be ruled

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tawaliwa
Positive present -natawaliwa
Subjunctive -tawaliwe
Negative -tawaliwi
Imperative singular tawaliwa
Infinitives
Positive kutawaliwa
Negative kutotawaliwa
Imperatives
Singular tawaliwa
Plural tawaliweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutawaliwa
Positive past positive subject concord + -litawaliwa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutawaliwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natawaliwa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatawaliwa/natawaliwa tunatawaliwa
2nd person unatawaliwa mnatawaliwa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatawaliwa wanatawaliwa
other classes positive subject concord + -natawaliwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tawaliwi)
Singular Plural
1st person sitawaliwi hatutawaliwi
2nd person hutawaliwi hamtawaliwi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatawaliwi hawatawaliwi
other classes negative subject concord + -tawaliwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatawaliwa
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatawaliwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tawaliwe)
Singular Plural
1st person nitawaliwe tutawaliwe
2nd person utawaliwe mtawaliwe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atawaliwe watawaliwe
other classes positive subject concord + -tawaliwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitawaliwe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetawaliwa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetawaliwa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitawaliwa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitawaliwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atawaliwa)
Singular Plural
1st person natawaliwa twatawaliwa
2nd person watawaliwa mwatawaliwa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atawaliwa watawaliwa
m-mi(III/IV) watawaliwa yatawaliwa
ji-ma(V/VI) latawaliwa yatawaliwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatawaliwa vyatawaliwa
n(IX/X) yatawaliwa zatawaliwa
u(XI) watawaliwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatawaliwa
pa(XVI) patawaliwa
mu(XVIII) mwatawaliwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -metawaliwa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatawaliwa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatawaliwa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitawaliwa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotawaliwa
Consecutive katawaliwa / positive subject concord + -katawaliwa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katawaliwe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitawaliwa -tutawaliwa
2nd person -kutawaliwa -watawaliwa/-kutawaliweni/-watawaliweni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtawaliwa -watawaliwa
m-mi(III/IV) -utawaliwa -itawaliwa
ji-ma(V/VI) -litawaliwa -yatawaliwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitawaliwa -vitawaliwa
n(IX/X) -itawaliwa -zitawaliwa
u(XI) -utawaliwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutawaliwa
pa(XVI) -patawaliwa
mu(XVIII) -mutawaliwa
Reflexive -jitawaliwa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tawaliwa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tawaliwaye -tawaliwao
m-mi(III/IV) -tawaliwao -tawaliwayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tawaliwalo -tawaliwayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tawaliwacho -tawaliwavyo
n(IX/X) -tawaliwayo -tawaliwazo
u(XI) -tawaliwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tawaliwako
pa(XVI) -tawaliwapo
mu(XVIII) -tawaliwamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tawaliwa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetawaliwa -otawaliwa
m-mi(III/IV) -otawaliwa -yotawaliwa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotawaliwa -yotawaliwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotawaliwa -vyotawaliwa
n(IX/X) -yotawaliwa -zotawaliwa
u(XI) -otawaliwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotawaliwa
pa(XVI) -potawaliwa
mu(XVIII) -motawaliwa
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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