ozesha

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-ozesha (infinitive kuozesha)

1. Causative form of -oza: to spoil, cause to become rotten

Conjugation

Conjugation of -ozesha
Positive present -naozesha Subjunctive -ozeshe Negative -ozeshi Imperative singular ozesha
Infinitives
Positive kuozesha Negative kutoozesha
Imperatives
Singular ozesha Plural ozesheni
Tensed forms
Habitual huozesha Positive past positive subject concord + -liozesha Negative past negative subject concord + -kuozesha
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naozesha) Singular Plural 1st person ninaozesha/naozesha tunaozesha 2nd person unaozesha mnaozesha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaozesha wanaozesha other classes positive subject concord + -naozesha
Negative present (negative subject concord + -ozeshi) Singular Plural 1st person siozeshi hatuozeshi 2nd person huozeshi hamwozeshi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haozeshi hawaozeshi other classes negative subject concord + -ozeshi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taozesha Negative future negative subject concord + -taozesha
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -ozeshe) Singular Plural 1st person niozeshe tuozeshe 2nd person uozeshe mwozeshe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aozeshe waozeshe other classes positive subject concord + -ozeshe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siozeshe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeozesha Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeozesha Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliozesha Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliozesha
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aozesha) Singular Plural 1st person naozesha twaozesha 2nd person waozesha mwaozesha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aozesha waozesha m-mi(III/IV) waozesha yaozesha ji-ma(V/VI) laozesha yaozesha ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaozesha vyaozesha n(IX/X) yaozesha zaozesha u(XI) waozesha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaozesha pa(XVI) paozesha mu(XVIII) mwaozesha
Perfect positive subject concord + -meozesha "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaozesha "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaozesha "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiozesha "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoozesha Consecutive kaozesha / positive subject concord + -kaozesha Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaozeshe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niozesha -tuozesha 2nd person -kuozesha -waozesha/-kuozesheni/-waozesheni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwozesha -waozesha m-mi(III/IV) -uozesha -iozesha ji-ma(V/VI) -liozesha -yaozesha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiozesha -viozesha n(IX/X) -iozesha -ziozesha u(XI) -uozesha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuozesha pa(XVI) -paozesha mu(XVIII) -muozesha Reflexive -jiozesha
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -ozesha- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -ozeshaye -ozeshao m-mi(III/IV) -ozeshao -ozeshayo ji-ma(V/VI) -ozeshalo -ozeshayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -ozeshacho -ozeshavyo n(IX/X) -ozeshayo -ozeshazo u(XI) -ozeshao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -ozeshako pa(XVI) -ozeshapo mu(XVIII) -ozeshamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -ozesha) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeozesha -oozesha m-mi(III/IV) -oozesha -yoozesha ji-ma(V/VI) -loozesha -yoozesha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choozesha -vyoozesha n(IX/X) -yoozesha -zoozesha u(XI) -oozesha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koozesha pa(XVI) -poozesha mu(XVIII) -moozesha
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.