zoea

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See also: zoëa

English

Pronunciation

Noun

zoea (plural zoeae or zoeas)

  1. Alternative spelling of zoaea.

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-zoea (infinitive kuzoea)

  1. to get used to

Conjugation

Conjugation of -zoea
Positive present -nazoea
Subjunctive -zoee
Negative -zoei
Imperative singular zoea
Infinitives
Positive kuzoea
Negative kutozoea
Imperatives
Singular zoea
Plural zoeeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huzoea
Positive past positive subject concord + -lizoea
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzoea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazoea)
Singular Plural
1st person ninazoea/nazoea tunazoea
2nd person unazoea mnazoea
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazoea wanazoea
other classes positive subject concord + -nazoea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zoei)
Singular Plural
1st person sizoei hatuzoei
2nd person huzoei hamzoei
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazoei hawazoei
other classes negative subject concord + -zoei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazoea
Negative future negative subject concord + -tazoea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zoee)
Singular Plural
1st person nizoee tuzoee
2nd person uzoee mzoee
3rd person m-wa(I/II) azoee wazoee
other classes positive subject concord + -zoee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizoee
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezoea
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezoea
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizoea
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizoea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azoea)
Singular Plural
1st person nazoea twazoea
2nd person wazoea mwazoea
3rd person m-wa(I/II) azoea wazoea
m-mi(III/IV) wazoea yazoea
ji-ma(V/VI) lazoea yazoea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazoea vyazoea
n(IX/X) yazoea zazoea
u(XI) wazoea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwazoea
pa(XVI) pazoea
mu(XVIII) mwazoea
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezoea
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshazoea
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazoea
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kizoea
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipozoea
Consecutive kazoea / positive subject concord + -kazoea
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazoee
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nizoea -tuzoea
2nd person -kuzoea -wazoea/-kuzoeeni/-wazoeeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzoea -wazoea
m-mi(III/IV) -uzoea -izoea
ji-ma(V/VI) -lizoea -yazoea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizoea -vizoea
n(IX/X) -izoea -zizoea
u(XI) -uzoea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuzoea
pa(XVI) -pazoea
mu(XVIII) -muzoea
Reflexive -jizoea
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zoea- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -zoeaye -zoeao
m-mi(III/IV) -zoeao -zoeayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -zoealo -zoeayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zoeacho -zoeavyo
n(IX/X) -zoeayo -zoeazo
u(XI) -zoeao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -zoeako
pa(XVI) -zoeapo
mu(XVIII) -zoeamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zoea)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yezoea -ozoea
m-mi(III/IV) -ozoea -yozoea
ji-ma(V/VI) -lozoea -yozoea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozoea -vyozoea
n(IX/X) -yozoea -zozoea
u(XI) -ozoea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kozoea
pa(XVI) -pozoea
mu(XVIII) -mozoea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms