zembea

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-zembea (infinitive kuzembea)

  1. to neglect (to disregard or fail to care for)

Conjugation

Conjugation of -zembea
Positive present -nazembea
Subjunctive -zembee
Negative -zembei
Imperative singular zembea
Infinitives
Positive kuzembea
Negative kutozembea
Imperatives
Singular zembea
Plural zembeeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huzembea
Positive past positive subject concord + -lizembea
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzembea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazembea)
Singular Plural
1st person ninazembea/nazembea tunazembea
2nd person unazembea mnazembea
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazembea wanazembea
other classes positive subject concord + -nazembea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zembei)
Singular Plural
1st person sizembei hatuzembei
2nd person huzembei hamzembei
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazembei hawazembei
other classes negative subject concord + -zembei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazembea
Negative future negative subject concord + -tazembea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zembee)
Singular Plural
1st person nizembee tuzembee
2nd person uzembee mzembee
3rd person m-wa(I/II) azembee wazembee
other classes positive subject concord + -zembee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizembee
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezembea
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezembea
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizembea
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizembea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azembea)
Singular Plural
1st person nazembea twazembea
2nd person wazembea mwazembea
3rd person m-wa(I/II) azembea wazembea
m-mi(III/IV) wazembea yazembea
ji-ma(V/VI) lazembea yazembea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazembea vyazembea
n(IX/X) yazembea zazembea
u(XI) wazembea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwazembea
pa(XVI) pazembea
mu(XVIII) mwazembea
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezembea
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshazembea
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazembea
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kizembea
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipozembea
Consecutive kazembea / positive subject concord + -kazembea
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazembee
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nizembea -tuzembea
2nd person -kuzembea -wazembea/-kuzembeeni/-wazembeeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzembea -wazembea
m-mi(III/IV) -uzembea -izembea
ji-ma(V/VI) -lizembea -yazembea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizembea -vizembea
n(IX/X) -izembea -zizembea
u(XI) -uzembea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuzembea
pa(XVI) -pazembea
mu(XVIII) -muzembea
Reflexive -jizembea
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zembea- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -zembeaye -zembeao
m-mi(III/IV) -zembeao -zembeayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -zembealo -zembeayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zembeacho -zembeavyo
n(IX/X) -zembeayo -zembeazo
u(XI) -zembeao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -zembeako
pa(XVI) -zembeapo
mu(XVIII) -zembeamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zembea)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yezembea -ozembea
m-mi(III/IV) -ozembea -yozembea
ji-ma(V/VI) -lozembea -yozembea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozembea -vyozembea
n(IX/X) -yozembea -zozembea
u(XI) -ozembea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kozembea
pa(XVI) -pozembea
mu(XVIII) -mozembea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.