zeeka

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-zeeka (infinitive kuzeeka)

  1. to age, to get old
  2. to wear out

Conjugation

Conjugation of -zeeka
Positive present -nazeeka
Subjunctive -zeeke
Negative -zeeki
Imperative singular zeeka
Infinitives
Positive kuzeeka
Negative kutozeeka
Imperatives
Singular zeeka
Plural zeekeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huzeeka
Positive past positive subject concord + -lizeeka
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzeeka
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazeeka)
Singular Plural
1st person ninazeeka/nazeeka tunazeeka
2nd person unazeeka mnazeeka
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazeeka wanazeeka
other classes positive subject concord + -nazeeka
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zeeki)
Singular Plural
1st person sizeeki hatuzeeki
2nd person huzeeki hamzeeki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazeeki hawazeeki
other classes negative subject concord + -zeeki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazeeka
Negative future negative subject concord + -tazeeka
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zeeke)
Singular Plural
1st person nizeeke tuzeeke
2nd person uzeeke mzeeke
3rd person m-wa(I/II) azeeke wazeeke
other classes positive subject concord + -zeeke
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizeeke
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezeeka
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezeeka
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizeeka
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizeeka
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azeeka)
Singular Plural
1st person nazeeka twazeeka
2nd person wazeeka mwazeeka
3rd person m-wa(I/II) azeeka wazeeka
m-mi(III/IV) wazeeka yazeeka
ji-ma(V/VI) lazeeka yazeeka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazeeka vyazeeka
n(IX/X) yazeeka zazeeka
u(XI) wazeeka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwazeeka
pa(XVI) pazeeka
mu(XVIII) mwazeeka
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezeeka
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshazeeka
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazeeka
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kizeeka
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipozeeka
Consecutive kazeeka / positive subject concord + -kazeeka
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazeeke
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nizeeka -tuzeeka
2nd person -kuzeeka -wazeeka/-kuzeekeni/-wazeekeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzeeka -wazeeka
m-mi(III/IV) -uzeeka -izeeka
ji-ma(V/VI) -lizeeka -yazeeka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizeeka -vizeeka
n(IX/X) -izeeka -zizeeka
u(XI) -uzeeka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuzeeka
pa(XVI) -pazeeka
mu(XVIII) -muzeeka
Reflexive -jizeeka
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zeeka- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -zeekaye -zeekao
m-mi(III/IV) -zeekao -zeekayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -zeekalo -zeekayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zeekacho -zeekavyo
n(IX/X) -zeekayo -zeekazo
u(XI) -zeekao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -zeekako
pa(XVI) -zeekapo
mu(XVIII) -zeekamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zeeka)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yezeeka -ozeeka
m-mi(III/IV) -ozeeka -yozeeka
ji-ma(V/VI) -lozeeka -yozeeka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozeeka -vyozeeka
n(IX/X) -yozeeka -zozeeka
u(XI) -ozeeka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kozeeka
pa(XVI) -pozeeka
mu(XVIII) -mozeeka
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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