Swahili

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Verb

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-aminiwa (infinitive kuaminiwa)

  1. Passive form of -amini

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -aminiwa
Positive present -naaminiwa
Subjunctive -aminiwe
Negative -aminiwi
Imperative singular aminiwa
Infinitives
Positive kuaminiwa
Negative kutoaminiwa
Imperatives
Singular aminiwa
Plural aminiweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huaminiwa
Positive past positive subject concord + -liaminiwa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuaminiwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naaminiwa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninaaminiwa/naaminiwa tunaaminiwa
2nd person unaaminiwa mnaaminiwa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaaminiwa wanaaminiwa
other classes positive subject concord + -naaminiwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -aminiwi)
Singular Plural
1st person siaminiwi hatuaminiwi
2nd person huaminiwi hamwaminiwi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) haaminiwi hawaaminiwi
other classes negative subject concord + -aminiwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taaminiwa
Negative future negative subject concord + -taaminiwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -aminiwe)
Singular Plural
1st person niaminiwe tuaminiwe
2nd person uaminiwe mwaminiwe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aaminiwe waaminiwe
other classes positive subject concord + -aminiwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siaminiwe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeaminiwa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeaminiwa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliaminiwa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliaminiwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aaminiwa)
Singular Plural
1st person naaminiwa twaaminiwa
2nd person waaminiwa mwaaminiwa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aaminiwa waaminiwa
m-mi(III/IV) waaminiwa yaaminiwa
ji-ma(V/VI) laaminiwa yaaminiwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaaminiwa vyaaminiwa
n(IX/X) yaaminiwa zaaminiwa
u(XI) waaminiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwaaminiwa
pa(XVI) paaminiwa
mu(XVIII) mwaaminiwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -meaminiwa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshaaminiwa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaaminiwa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kiaminiwa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipoaminiwa
Consecutive kaaminiwa / positive subject concord + -kaaminiwa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaaminiwe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -niaminiwa -tuaminiwa
2nd person -kuaminiwa -waaminiwa/-kuaminiweni/-waaminiweni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwaminiwa -waaminiwa
m-mi(III/IV) -uaminiwa -iaminiwa
ji-ma(V/VI) -liaminiwa -yaaminiwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiaminiwa -viaminiwa
n(IX/X) -iaminiwa -ziaminiwa
u(XI) -uaminiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuaminiwa
pa(XVI) -paaminiwa
mu(XVIII) -muaminiwa
Reflexive -jiaminiwa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -aminiwa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -aminiwaye -aminiwao
m-mi(III/IV) -aminiwao -aminiwayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -aminiwalo -aminiwayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -aminiwacho -aminiwavyo
n(IX/X) -aminiwayo -aminiwazo
u(XI) -aminiwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -aminiwako
pa(XVI) -aminiwapo
mu(XVIII) -aminiwamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -aminiwa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yeaminiwa -oaminiwa
m-mi(III/IV) -oaminiwa -yoaminiwa
ji-ma(V/VI) -loaminiwa -yoaminiwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choaminiwa -vyoaminiwa
n(IX/X) -yoaminiwa -zoaminiwa
u(XI) -oaminiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -koaminiwa
pa(XVI) -poaminiwa
mu(XVIII) -moaminiwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.