ziba

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-ziba (infinitive kuziba)

  1. to block, to plug

Conjugation

Conjugation of -ziba
Positive present -naziba
Subjunctive -zibe
Negative -zibi
Imperative singular ziba
Infinitives
Positive kuziba
Negative kutoziba
Imperatives
Singular ziba
Plural zibeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huziba
Positive past positive subject concord + -liziba
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuziba
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naziba)
Singular Plural
1st person ninaziba/naziba tunaziba
2nd person unaziba mnaziba
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaziba wanaziba
other classes positive subject concord + -naziba
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zibi)
Singular Plural
1st person sizibi hatuzibi
2nd person huzibi hamzibi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazibi hawazibi
other classes negative subject concord + -zibi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taziba
Negative future negative subject concord + -taziba
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zibe)
Singular Plural
1st person nizibe tuzibe
2nd person uzibe mzibe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) azibe wazibe
other classes positive subject concord + -zibe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizibe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeziba
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeziba
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliziba
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliziba
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aziba)
Singular Plural
1st person naziba twaziba
2nd person waziba mwaziba
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aziba waziba
m-mi(III/IV) waziba yaziba
ji-ma(V/VI) laziba yaziba
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaziba vyaziba
n(IX/X) yaziba zaziba
u(XI) waziba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwaziba
pa(XVI) paziba
mu(XVIII) mwaziba
Perfect positive subject concord + -meziba
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshaziba
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaziba
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kiziba
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipoziba
Consecutive kaziba / positive subject concord + -kaziba
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazibe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -niziba -tuziba
2nd person -kuziba -waziba/-kuzibeni/-wazibeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mziba -waziba
m-mi(III/IV) -uziba -iziba
ji-ma(V/VI) -liziba -yaziba
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiziba -viziba
n(IX/X) -iziba -ziziba
u(XI) -uziba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuziba
pa(XVI) -paziba
mu(XVIII) -muziba
Reflexive -jiziba
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -ziba- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -zibaye -zibao
m-mi(III/IV) -zibao -zibayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -zibalo -zibayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zibacho -zibavyo
n(IX/X) -zibayo -zibazo
u(XI) -zibao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -zibako
pa(XVI) -zibapo
mu(XVIII) -zibamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -ziba)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yeziba -oziba
m-mi(III/IV) -oziba -yoziba
ji-ma(V/VI) -loziba -yoziba
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choziba -vyoziba
n(IX/X) -yoziba -zoziba
u(XI) -oziba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -koziba
pa(XVI) -poziba
mu(XVIII) -moziba
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia