tazamiwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tazamiwa (infinitive kutazamiwa)

1. Passive form of -tazama: to be inspected

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tazamiwa
Positive present -natazamiwa Subjunctive -tazamiwe Negative -tazamiwi Imperative singular tazamiwa
Infinitives
Positive kutazamiwa Negative kutotazamiwa
Imperatives
Singular tazamiwa Plural tazamiweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutazamiwa Positive past positive subject concord + -litazamiwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kutazamiwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natazamiwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninatazamiwa/natazamiwa tunatazamiwa 2nd person unatazamiwa mnatazamiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatazamiwa wanatazamiwa other classes positive subject concord + -natazamiwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tazamiwi) Singular Plural 1st person sitazamiwi hatutazamiwi 2nd person hutazamiwi hamtazamiwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatazamiwi hawatazamiwi other classes negative subject concord + -tazamiwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatazamiwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tatazamiwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tazamiwe) Singular Plural 1st person nitazamiwe tutazamiwe 2nd person utazamiwe mtazamiwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atazamiwe watazamiwe other classes positive subject concord + -tazamiwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitazamiwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetazamiwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetazamiwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitazamiwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitazamiwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atazamiwa) Singular Plural 1st person natazamiwa twatazamiwa 2nd person watazamiwa mwatazamiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atazamiwa watazamiwa m-mi(III/IV) watazamiwa yatazamiwa ji-ma(V/VI) latazamiwa yatazamiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatazamiwa vyatazamiwa n(IX/X) yatazamiwa zatazamiwa u(XI) watazamiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatazamiwa pa(XVI) patazamiwa mu(XVIII) mwatazamiwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -metazamiwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatazamiwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatazamiwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitazamiwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotazamiwa Consecutive katazamiwa / positive subject concord + -katazamiwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katazamiwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitazamiwa -tutazamiwa 2nd person -kutazamiwa -watazamiwa/-kutazamiweni/-watazamiweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtazamiwa -watazamiwa m-mi(III/IV) -utazamiwa -itazamiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -litazamiwa -yatazamiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitazamiwa -vitazamiwa n(IX/X) -itazamiwa -zitazamiwa u(XI) -utazamiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutazamiwa pa(XVI) -patazamiwa mu(XVIII) -mutazamiwa Reflexive -jitazamiwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tazamiwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tazamiwaye -tazamiwao m-mi(III/IV) -tazamiwao -tazamiwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tazamiwalo -tazamiwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tazamiwacho -tazamiwavyo n(IX/X) -tazamiwayo -tazamiwazo u(XI) -tazamiwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tazamiwako pa(XVI) -tazamiwapo mu(XVIII) -tazamiwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tazamiwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetazamiwa -otazamiwa m-mi(III/IV) -otazamiwa -yotazamiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lotazamiwa -yotazamiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotazamiwa -vyotazamiwa n(IX/X) -yotazamiwa -zotazamiwa u(XI) -otazamiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotazamiwa pa(XVI) -potazamiwa mu(XVIII) -motazamiwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.