zorota

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-zorota (infinitive kuzorota)

  1. to lag, dally, slouch

Conjugation

Conjugation of -zorota
Positive present -nazorota
Subjunctive -zorote
Negative -zoroti
Imperative singular zorota
Infinitives
Positive kuzorota
Negative kutozorota
Imperatives
Singular zorota
Plural zoroteni
Tensed forms
Habitual huzorota
Positive past positive subject concord + -lizorota
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzorota
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazorota)
Singular Plural
1st person ninazorota/nazorota tunazorota
2nd person unazorota mnazorota
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazorota wanazorota
other classes positive subject concord + -nazorota
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zoroti)
Singular Plural
1st person sizoroti hatuzoroti
2nd person huzoroti hamzoroti
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazoroti hawazoroti
other classes negative subject concord + -zoroti
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazorota
Negative future negative subject concord + -tazorota
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zorote)
Singular Plural
1st person nizorote tuzorote
2nd person uzorote mzorote
3rd person m-wa(I/II) azorote wazorote
other classes positive subject concord + -zorote
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizorote
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezorota
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezorota
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizorota
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizorota
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azorota)
Singular Plural
1st person nazorota twazorota
2nd person wazorota mwazorota
3rd person m-wa(I/II) azorota wazorota
m-mi(III/IV) wazorota yazorota
ji-ma(V/VI) lazorota yazorota
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazorota vyazorota
n(IX/X) yazorota zazorota
u(XI) wazorota see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwazorota
pa(XVI) pazorota
mu(XVIII) mwazorota
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezorota
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshazorota
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazorota
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kizorota
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipozorota
Consecutive kazorota / positive subject concord + -kazorota
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazorote
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nizorota -tuzorota
2nd person -kuzorota -wazorota/-kuzoroteni/-wazoroteni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzorota -wazorota
m-mi(III/IV) -uzorota -izorota
ji-ma(V/VI) -lizorota -yazorota
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizorota -vizorota
n(IX/X) -izorota -zizorota
u(XI) -uzorota see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuzorota
pa(XVI) -pazorota
mu(XVIII) -muzorota
Reflexive -jizorota
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zorota- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -zorotaye -zorotao
m-mi(III/IV) -zorotao -zorotayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -zorotalo -zorotayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zorotacho -zorotavyo
n(IX/X) -zorotayo -zorotazo
u(XI) -zorotao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -zorotako
pa(XVI) -zorotapo
mu(XVIII) -zorotamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zorota)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yezorota -ozorota
m-mi(III/IV) -ozorota -yozorota
ji-ma(V/VI) -lozorota -yozorota
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozorota -vyozorota
n(IX/X) -yozorota -zozorota
u(XI) -ozorota see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kozorota
pa(XVI) -pozorota
mu(XVIII) -mozorota
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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