zaliwa

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-zaliwa (infinitive kuzaliwa)

  1. Passive form of -zaa: to be born

Conjugation

Conjugation of -zaliwa
Positive present -nazaliwa
Subjunctive -zaliwe
Negative -zaliwi
Imperative singular zaliwa
Infinitives
Positive kuzaliwa
Negative kutozaliwa
Imperatives
Singular zaliwa
Plural zaliweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huzaliwa
Positive past positive subject concord + -lizaliwa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzaliwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazaliwa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninazaliwa/nazaliwa tunazaliwa
2nd person unazaliwa mnazaliwa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazaliwa wanazaliwa
other classes positive subject concord + -nazaliwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zaliwi)
Singular Plural
1st person sizaliwi hatuzaliwi
2nd person huzaliwi hamzaliwi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazaliwi hawazaliwi
other classes negative subject concord + -zaliwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazaliwa
Negative future negative subject concord + -tazaliwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zaliwe)
Singular Plural
1st person nizaliwe tuzaliwe
2nd person uzaliwe mzaliwe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) azaliwe wazaliwe
other classes positive subject concord + -zaliwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizaliwe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezaliwa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezaliwa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizaliwa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizaliwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azaliwa)
Singular Plural
1st person nazaliwa twazaliwa
2nd person wazaliwa mwazaliwa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) azaliwa wazaliwa
m-mi(III/IV) wazaliwa yazaliwa
ji-ma(V/VI) lazaliwa yazaliwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazaliwa vyazaliwa
n(IX/X) yazaliwa zazaliwa
u(XI) wazaliwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwazaliwa
pa(XVI) pazaliwa
mu(XVIII) mwazaliwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezaliwa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshazaliwa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazaliwa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kizaliwa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipozaliwa
Consecutive kazaliwa / positive subject concord + -kazaliwa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazaliwe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nizaliwa -tuzaliwa
2nd person -kuzaliwa -wazaliwa/-kuzaliweni/-wazaliweni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzaliwa -wazaliwa
m-mi(III/IV) -uzaliwa -izaliwa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lizaliwa -yazaliwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizaliwa -vizaliwa
n(IX/X) -izaliwa -zizaliwa
u(XI) -uzaliwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuzaliwa
pa(XVI) -pazaliwa
mu(XVIII) -muzaliwa
Reflexive -jizaliwa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zaliwa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -zaliwaye -zaliwao
m-mi(III/IV) -zaliwao -zaliwayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -zaliwalo -zaliwayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zaliwacho -zaliwavyo
n(IX/X) -zaliwayo -zaliwazo
u(XI) -zaliwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -zaliwako
pa(XVI) -zaliwapo
mu(XVIII) -zaliwamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zaliwa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yezaliwa -ozaliwa
m-mi(III/IV) -ozaliwa -yozaliwa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lozaliwa -yozaliwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozaliwa -vyozaliwa
n(IX/X) -yozaliwa -zozaliwa
u(XI) -ozaliwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kozaliwa
pa(XVI) -pozaliwa
mu(XVIII) -mozaliwa
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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