zoza

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-zoza (infinitive kuzoza)

  1. to quarrel, to argue

Conjugation

Conjugation of -zoza
Positive present -nazoza
Subjunctive -zoze
Negative -zozi
Imperative singular zoza
Infinitives
Positive kuzoza
Negative kutozoza
Imperatives
Singular zoza
Plural zozeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huzoza
Positive past positive subject concord + -lizoza
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzoza
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazoza)
Singular Plural
1st person ninazoza/nazoza tunazoza
2nd person unazoza mnazoza
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazoza wanazoza
other classes positive subject concord + -nazoza
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zozi)
Singular Plural
1st person sizozi hatuzozi
2nd person huzozi hamzozi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazozi hawazozi
other classes negative subject concord + -zozi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazoza
Negative future negative subject concord + -tazoza
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zoze)
Singular Plural
1st person nizoze tuzoze
2nd person uzoze mzoze
3rd person m-wa(I/II) azoze wazoze
other classes positive subject concord + -zoze
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizoze
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezoza
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezoza
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizoza
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizoza
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azoza)
Singular Plural
1st person nazoza twazoza
2nd person wazoza mwazoza
3rd person m-wa(I/II) azoza wazoza
m-mi(III/IV) wazoza yazoza
ji-ma(V/VI) lazoza yazoza
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazoza vyazoza
n(IX/X) yazoza zazoza
u(XI) wazoza see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwazoza
pa(XVI) pazoza
mu(XVIII) mwazoza
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezoza
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshazoza
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazoza
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kizoza
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipozoza
Consecutive kazoza / positive subject concord + -kazoza
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazoze
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nizoza -tuzoza
2nd person -kuzoza -wazoza/-kuzozeni/-wazozeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzoza -wazoza
m-mi(III/IV) -uzoza -izoza
ji-ma(V/VI) -lizoza -yazoza
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizoza -vizoza
n(IX/X) -izoza -zizoza
u(XI) -uzoza see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuzoza
pa(XVI) -pazoza
mu(XVIII) -muzoza
Reflexive -jizoza
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zoza- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -zozaye -zozao
m-mi(III/IV) -zozao -zozayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -zozalo -zozayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zozacho -zozavyo
n(IX/X) -zozayo -zozazo
u(XI) -zozao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -zozako
pa(XVI) -zozapo
mu(XVIII) -zozamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zoza)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yezoza -ozoza
m-mi(III/IV) -ozoza -yozoza
ji-ma(V/VI) -lozoza -yozoza
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozoza -vyozoza
n(IX/X) -yozoza -zozoza
u(XI) -ozoza see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kozoza
pa(XVI) -pozoza
mu(XVIII) -mozoza
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

Wikious
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