-eleza (infinitive kueleza)
- Causative form of -elea: to explain
18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi[1], translation from R. Allen (1946) “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, →DOI, pages 243–249, stanza 11:هُنِلِزِ نَمِ كَلِ بَيْنِ ، لِوَاپُ نَسُرَ نِسِ كَتَيْ- Hunelezi nami kali baini, liwapo na-sura nisi katae.
- Can't you tell it me plainly that I may admit it?
Conjugation of -eleza
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Positive present
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-naeleza
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Subjunctive
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-eleze
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Negative
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-elezi
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Imperative singular
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eleza
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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hueleza
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lieleza
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kueleza
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -naeleza)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninaeleza/naeleza
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tunaeleza
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2nd person
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unaeleza
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mnaeleza
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anaeleza
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wanaeleza
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -naeleza
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -elezi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sielezi
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hatuelezi
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2nd person
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huelezi
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hamwelezi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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haelezi
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hawaelezi
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -elezi
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -taeleza
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -taeleza
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -eleze)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nieleze
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tueleze
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2nd person
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ueleze
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mweleze
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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aeleze
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waeleze
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -eleze
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sieleze
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngeeleza
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singeeleza
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalieleza
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalieleza
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -meeleza
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshaeleza
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jaeleza
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kieleza
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipoeleza
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Consecutive
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kaeleza / positive subject concord + -kaeleza
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kaeleze
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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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