tembeza

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tembeza (infinitive kutembeza)

1. Causative form of -tembea: to show around

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tembeza
Positive present -natembeza Subjunctive -tembeze Negative -tembezi Imperative singular tembeza
Infinitives
Positive kutembeza Negative kutotembeza
Imperatives
Singular tembeza Plural tembezeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutembeza Positive past positive subject concord + -litembeza Negative past negative subject concord + -kutembeza
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natembeza) Singular Plural 1st person ninatembeza/natembeza tunatembeza 2nd person unatembeza mnatembeza 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatembeza wanatembeza other classes positive subject concord + -natembeza
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tembezi) Singular Plural 1st person sitembezi hatutembezi 2nd person hutembezi hamtembezi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatembezi hawatembezi other classes negative subject concord + -tembezi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatembeza Negative future negative subject concord + -tatembeza
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tembeze) Singular Plural 1st person nitembeze tutembeze 2nd person utembeze mtembeze 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atembeze watembeze other classes positive subject concord + -tembeze
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitembeze Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetembeza Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetembeza Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitembeza Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitembeza
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atembeza) Singular Plural 1st person natembeza twatembeza 2nd person watembeza mwatembeza 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atembeza watembeza m-mi(III/IV) watembeza yatembeza ji-ma(V/VI) latembeza yatembeza ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatembeza vyatembeza n(IX/X) yatembeza zatembeza u(XI) watembeza see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatembeza pa(XVI) patembeza mu(XVIII) mwatembeza
Perfect positive subject concord + -metembeza "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatembeza "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatembeza "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitembeza "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotembeza Consecutive katembeza / positive subject concord + -katembeza Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katembeze
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitembeza -tutembeza 2nd person -kutembeza -watembeza/-kutembezeni/-watembezeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtembeza -watembeza m-mi(III/IV) -utembeza -itembeza ji-ma(V/VI) -litembeza -yatembeza ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitembeza -vitembeza n(IX/X) -itembeza -zitembeza u(XI) -utembeza see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutembeza pa(XVI) -patembeza mu(XVIII) -mutembeza Reflexive -jitembeza
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tembeza- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tembezaye -tembezao m-mi(III/IV) -tembezao -tembezayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tembezalo -tembezayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tembezacho -tembezavyo n(IX/X) -tembezayo -tembezazo u(XI) -tembezao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tembezako pa(XVI) -tembezapo mu(XVIII) -tembezamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tembeza) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetembeza -otembeza m-mi(III/IV) -otembeza -yotembeza ji-ma(V/VI) -lotembeza -yotembeza ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotembeza -vyotembeza n(IX/X) -yotembeza -zotembeza u(XI) -otembeza see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotembeza pa(XVI) -potembeza mu(XVIII) -motembeza
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • mtembeza (“guide”)