vamia

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-vamia (infinitive kuvamia)

  1. to pounce on

Conjugation

Conjugation of -vamia
Positive present -navamia
Subjunctive -vamie
Negative -vamii
Imperative singular vamia
Infinitives
Positive kuvamia
Negative kutovamia
Imperatives
Singular vamia
Plural vamieni
Tensed forms
Habitual huvamia
Positive past positive subject concord + -livamia
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuvamia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -navamia)
Singular Plural
1st person ninavamia/navamia tunavamia
2nd person unavamia mnavamia
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anavamia wanavamia
other classes positive subject concord + -navamia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -vamii)
Singular Plural
1st person sivamii hatuvamii
2nd person huvamii hamvamii
3rd person m-wa(I/II) havamii hawavamii
other classes negative subject concord + -vamii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tavamia
Negative future negative subject concord + -tavamia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -vamie)
Singular Plural
1st person nivamie tuvamie
2nd person uvamie mvamie
3rd person m-wa(I/II) avamie wavamie
other classes positive subject concord + -vamie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sivamie
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngevamia
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singevamia
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalivamia
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalivamia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -avamia)
Singular Plural
1st person navamia twavamia
2nd person wavamia mwavamia
3rd person m-wa(I/II) avamia wavamia
m-mi(III/IV) wavamia yavamia
ji-ma(V/VI) lavamia yavamia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chavamia vyavamia
n(IX/X) yavamia zavamia
u(XI) wavamia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwavamia
pa(XVI) pavamia
mu(XVIII) mwavamia
Perfect positive subject concord + -mevamia
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshavamia
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -javamia
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kivamia
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipovamia
Consecutive kavamia / positive subject concord + -kavamia
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kavamie
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nivamia -tuvamia
2nd person -kuvamia -wavamia/-kuvamieni/-wavamieni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mvamia -wavamia
m-mi(III/IV) -uvamia -ivamia
ji-ma(V/VI) -livamia -yavamia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kivamia -vivamia
n(IX/X) -ivamia -zivamia
u(XI) -uvamia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuvamia
pa(XVI) -pavamia
mu(XVIII) -muvamia
Reflexive -jivamia
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -vamia- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -vamiaye -vamiao
m-mi(III/IV) -vamiao -vamiayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -vamialo -vamiayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -vamiacho -vamiavyo
n(IX/X) -vamiayo -vamiazo
u(XI) -vamiao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -vamiako
pa(XVI) -vamiapo
mu(XVIII) -vamiamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -vamia)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yevamia -ovamia
m-mi(III/IV) -ovamia -yovamia
ji-ma(V/VI) -lovamia -yovamia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chovamia -vyovamia
n(IX/X) -yovamia -zovamia
u(XI) -ovamia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kovamia
pa(XVI) -povamia
mu(XVIII) -movamia
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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