tembelea

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tembelea (infinitive kutembelea)

  1. Applicative form of -tembea: to visit

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tembelea
Positive present -natembelea
Subjunctive -tembelee
Negative -tembelei
Imperative singular tembelea
Infinitives
Positive kutembelea
Negative kutotembelea
Imperatives
Singular tembelea
Plural tembeleeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutembelea
Positive past positive subject concord + -litembelea
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutembelea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natembelea)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatembelea/natembelea tunatembelea
2nd person unatembelea mnatembelea
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatembelea wanatembelea
other classes positive subject concord + -natembelea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tembelei)
Singular Plural
1st person sitembelei hatutembelei
2nd person hutembelei hamtembelei
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatembelei hawatembelei
other classes negative subject concord + -tembelei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatembelea
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatembelea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tembelee)
Singular Plural
1st person nitembelee tutembelee
2nd person utembelee mtembelee
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atembelee watembelee
other classes positive subject concord + -tembelee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitembelee
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetembelea
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetembelea
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitembelea
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitembelea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atembelea)
Singular Plural
1st person natembelea twatembelea
2nd person watembelea mwatembelea
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atembelea watembelea
m-mi(III/IV) watembelea yatembelea
ji-ma(V/VI) latembelea yatembelea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatembelea vyatembelea
n(IX/X) yatembelea zatembelea
u(XI) watembelea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatembelea
pa(XVI) patembelea
mu(XVIII) mwatembelea
Perfect positive subject concord + -metembelea
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatembelea
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatembelea
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitembelea
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotembelea
Consecutive katembelea / positive subject concord + -katembelea
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katembelee
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitembelea -tutembelea
2nd person -kutembelea -watembelea/-kutembeleeni/-watembeleeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtembelea -watembelea
m-mi(III/IV) -utembelea -itembelea
ji-ma(V/VI) -litembelea -yatembelea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitembelea -vitembelea
n(IX/X) -itembelea -zitembelea
u(XI) -utembelea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutembelea
pa(XVI) -patembelea
mu(XVIII) -mutembelea
Reflexive -jitembelea
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tembelea- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tembeleaye -tembeleao
m-mi(III/IV) -tembeleao -tembeleayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tembelealo -tembeleayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tembeleacho -tembeleavyo
n(IX/X) -tembeleayo -tembeleazo
u(XI) -tembeleao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tembeleako
pa(XVI) -tembeleapo
mu(XVIII) -tembeleamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tembelea)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetembelea -otembelea
m-mi(III/IV) -otembelea -yotembelea
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotembelea -yotembelea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotembelea -vyotembelea
n(IX/X) -yotembelea -zotembelea
u(XI) -otembelea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotembelea
pa(XVI) -potembelea
mu(XVIII) -motembelea
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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