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Swahili
Etymology 1
Verb
-wamo (infinitive kuwamo)
- to be inside (of a definite place)
Watu wamo chumbani.- The people are inside the room.
- (with -ki- and subject following verb) to be included (in the preceding word), to be an example (of the preceding word)
- walipakodi mkiwamo ninyi ― tax payers like you (literally, “tax payers, you including”)
2022, Muungano wa Tanganyika na Zanzibar: Chimbuko, Misingi na Maendeleo, Serikali ya Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, →ISBN:Aidha, tumeshuhudia kuimarika kwa miundombinu, hususan ya barabara na huduma za jamii ikiwamo afya, maji na elimu.- We have furthermore witnessed the improvement of infrastructure, especially of roads and community services such as health, water, and education.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of -wamo (irregular)
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| Gnomic
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-mo (irregular)
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| Subjunctive
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-wemo
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| Negative
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-mo (irregular)
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| Infinitives
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| Tensed forms
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| Habitual
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huwamo/huwa
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| Positive past
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positive subject concord + -likuwamo/-likuwa
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| Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kuwamo/-kuwa
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -mo)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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nimo
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tumo
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| 2nd person
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umo
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mmo
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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yumo
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wamo
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| other classes
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positive subject concord + -mo
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -mo)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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simo
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hatumo
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| 2nd person
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humo
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hammo
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| 3rd person
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m-wa
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hayumo
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hawamo
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| other classes
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negative subject concord + -mo
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| Positive future
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positive subject concord + -takuwamo/-takuwa
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| Negative future
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negative subject concord + -takuwamo/-takuwa
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -wemo)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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niwemo
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tuwemo
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| 2nd person
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uwemo
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muwemo
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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awemo
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wawemo
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| other classes
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positive subject concord + -wemo
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| Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -siwemo
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| Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngekuwamo/-ngekuwa
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| Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singekuwamo/-singekuwa
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| Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalikuwamo/-ngalikuwa
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| Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalikuwamo/-singalikuwa
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| Gnomic
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see positive present
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| Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mekuwamo/-mekuwa
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| "Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshakuwamo/-meshakuwa
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| "Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jawamo/-jawa
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| "If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kiwamo/-kiwa
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| "If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipokuwamo/-sipokuwa
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| Consecutive
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kawamo/kawa / positive subject concord + -kawamo/-kawa
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| Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kawemo
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| Object concord
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| Relative forms
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- ^ Only past tense -li- or future tense -taka-. For the present, use general positive.
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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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See also
- -wapo (“to be (at a definite place)”)
- -wako (“to be (at an indefinite place)”)
Etymology 2
wa- + a stem of -wamo
Verb
wamo
- third-person plural (wa class(II)) positive degree present of -wamo (“they are (inside there)”)