sogea

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-sogea (infinitive kusogea)

1. to approach, to move

Conjugation

Conjugation of -sogea
Positive present -nasogea Subjunctive -sogee Negative -sogei Imperative singular sogea
Infinitives
Positive kusogea Negative kutosogea
Imperatives
Singular sogea Plural sogeeni
Tensed forms
Habitual husogea Positive past positive subject concord + -lisogea Negative past negative subject concord + -kusogea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasogea) Singular Plural 1st person ninasogea/nasogea tunasogea 2nd person unasogea mnasogea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anasogea wanasogea other classes positive subject concord + -nasogea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -sogei) Singular Plural 1st person sisogei hatusogei 2nd person husogei hamsogei 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hasogei hawasogei other classes negative subject concord + -sogei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tasogea Negative future negative subject concord + -tasogea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -sogee) Singular Plural 1st person nisogee tusogee 2nd person usogee msogee 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asogee wasogee other classes positive subject concord + -sogee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sisogee Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngesogea Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singesogea Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalisogea Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalisogea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asogea) Singular Plural 1st person nasogea twasogea 2nd person wasogea mwasogea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asogea wasogea m-mi(III/IV) wasogea yasogea ji-ma(V/VI) lasogea yasogea ki-vi(VII/VIII) chasogea vyasogea n(IX/X) yasogea zasogea u(XI) wasogea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwasogea pa(XVI) pasogea mu(XVIII) mwasogea
Perfect positive subject concord + -mesogea "Already" positive subject concord + -meshasogea "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jasogea "If/When" positive subject concord + -kisogea "If not" positive subject concord + -siposogea Consecutive kasogea / positive subject concord + -kasogea Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kasogee
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nisogea -tusogea 2nd person -kusogea -wasogea/-kusogeeni/-wasogeeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -msogea -wasogea m-mi(III/IV) -usogea -isogea ji-ma(V/VI) -lisogea -yasogea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kisogea -visogea n(IX/X) -isogea -zisogea u(XI) -usogea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kusogea pa(XVI) -pasogea mu(XVIII) -musogea Reflexive -jisogea
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -sogea- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -sogeaye -sogeao m-mi(III/IV) -sogeao -sogeayo ji-ma(V/VI) -sogealo -sogeayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -sogeacho -sogeavyo n(IX/X) -sogeayo -sogeazo u(XI) -sogeao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -sogeako pa(XVI) -sogeapo mu(XVIII) -sogeamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -sogea) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yesogea -osogea m-mi(III/IV) -osogea -yosogea ji-ma(V/VI) -losogea -yosogea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chosogea -vyosogea n(IX/X) -yosogea -zosogea u(XI) -osogea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kosogea pa(XVI) -posogea mu(XVIII) -mosogea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -sogeza
  • Passive: -sogelewa
  • Reciprocal: -sogeana