tembeza

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tembeza (infinitive kutembeza)

  1. Causative form of -tembea: to show around

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tembeza
Positive present -natembeza
Subjunctive -tembeze
Negative -tembezi
Imperative singular tembeza
Infinitives
Positive kutembeza
Negative kutotembeza
Imperatives
Singular tembeza
Plural tembezeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutembeza
Positive past positive subject concord + -litembeza
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutembeza
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natembeza)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatembeza/natembeza tunatembeza
2nd person unatembeza mnatembeza
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatembeza wanatembeza
other classes positive subject concord + -natembeza
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tembezi)
Singular Plural
1st person sitembezi hatutembezi
2nd person hutembezi hamtembezi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatembezi hawatembezi
other classes negative subject concord + -tembezi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatembeza
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatembeza
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tembeze)
Singular Plural
1st person nitembeze tutembeze
2nd person utembeze mtembeze
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atembeze watembeze
other classes positive subject concord + -tembeze
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitembeze
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetembeza
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetembeza
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitembeza
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitembeza
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atembeza)
Singular Plural
1st person natembeza twatembeza
2nd person watembeza mwatembeza
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atembeza watembeza
m-mi(III/IV) watembeza yatembeza
ji-ma(V/VI) latembeza yatembeza
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatembeza vyatembeza
n(IX/X) yatembeza zatembeza
u(XI) watembeza see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatembeza
pa(XVI) patembeza
mu(XVIII) mwatembeza
Perfect positive subject concord + -metembeza
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatembeza
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatembeza
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitembeza
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotembeza
Consecutive katembeza / positive subject concord + -katembeza
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katembeze
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitembeza -tutembeza
2nd person -kutembeza -watembeza/-kutembezeni/-watembezeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtembeza -watembeza
m-mi(III/IV) -utembeza -itembeza
ji-ma(V/VI) -litembeza -yatembeza
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitembeza -vitembeza
n(IX/X) -itembeza -zitembeza
u(XI) -utembeza see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutembeza
pa(XVI) -patembeza
mu(XVIII) -mutembeza
Reflexive -jitembeza
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tembeza- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tembezaye -tembezao
m-mi(III/IV) -tembezao -tembezayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tembezalo -tembezayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tembezacho -tembezavyo
n(IX/X) -tembezayo -tembezazo
u(XI) -tembezao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tembezako
pa(XVI) -tembezapo
mu(XVIII) -tembezamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tembeza)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetembeza -otembeza
m-mi(III/IV) -otembeza -yotembeza
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotembeza -yotembeza
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotembeza -vyotembeza
n(IX/X) -yotembeza -zotembeza
u(XI) -otembeza see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotembeza
pa(XVI) -potembeza
mu(XVIII) -motembeza
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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