zibua

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-zibua (infinitive kuzibua)

  1. Conversive form of -ziba: to unblock, to unstop

Conjugation

Conjugation of -zibua
Positive present -nazibua
Subjunctive -zibue
Negative -zibui
Imperative singular zibua
Infinitives
Positive kuzibua
Negative kutozibua
Imperatives
Singular zibua
Plural zibueni
Tensed forms
Habitual huzibua
Positive past positive subject concord + -lizibua
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzibua
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazibua)
Singular Plural
1st person ninazibua/nazibua tunazibua
2nd person unazibua mnazibua
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazibua wanazibua
other classes positive subject concord + -nazibua
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zibui)
Singular Plural
1st person sizibui hatuzibui
2nd person huzibui hamzibui
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazibui hawazibui
other classes negative subject concord + -zibui
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazibua
Negative future negative subject concord + -tazibua
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zibue)
Singular Plural
1st person nizibue tuzibue
2nd person uzibue mzibue
3rd person m-wa(I/II) azibue wazibue
other classes positive subject concord + -zibue
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizibue
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezibua
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezibua
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizibua
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizibua
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azibua)
Singular Plural
1st person nazibua twazibua
2nd person wazibua mwazibua
3rd person m-wa(I/II) azibua wazibua
m-mi(III/IV) wazibua yazibua
ji-ma(V/VI) lazibua yazibua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazibua vyazibua
n(IX/X) yazibua zazibua
u(XI) wazibua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwazibua
pa(XVI) pazibua
mu(XVIII) mwazibua
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezibua
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshazibua
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazibua
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kizibua
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipozibua
Consecutive kazibua / positive subject concord + -kazibua
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazibue
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nizibua -tuzibua
2nd person -kuzibua -wazibua/-kuzibueni/-wazibueni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzibua -wazibua
m-mi(III/IV) -uzibua -izibua
ji-ma(V/VI) -lizibua -yazibua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizibua -vizibua
n(IX/X) -izibua -zizibua
u(XI) -uzibua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuzibua
pa(XVI) -pazibua
mu(XVIII) -muzibua
Reflexive -jizibua
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zibua- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -zibuaye -zibuao
m-mi(III/IV) -zibuao -zibuayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -zibualo -zibuayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zibuacho -zibuavyo
n(IX/X) -zibuayo -zibuazo
u(XI) -zibuao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -zibuako
pa(XVI) -zibuapo
mu(XVIII) -zibuamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zibua)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yezibua -ozibua
m-mi(III/IV) -ozibua -yozibua
ji-ma(V/VI) -lozibua -yozibua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozibua -vyozibua
n(IX/X) -yozibua -zozibua
u(XI) -ozibua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kozibua
pa(XVI) -pozibua
mu(XVIII) -mozibua
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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