tumainiwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tumainiwa (infinitive kutumainiwa)

1. Passive form of -tumaini: to be expected to, be trusted to

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tumainiwa
Positive present -natumainiwa Subjunctive -tumainiwe Negative -tumainiwi Imperative singular tumainiwa
Infinitives
Positive kutumainiwa Negative kutotumainiwa
Imperatives
Singular tumainiwa Plural tumainiweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutumainiwa Positive past positive subject concord + -litumainiwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kutumainiwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natumainiwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninatumainiwa/natumainiwa tunatumainiwa 2nd person unatumainiwa mnatumainiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatumainiwa wanatumainiwa other classes positive subject concord + -natumainiwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tumainiwi) Singular Plural 1st person situmainiwi hatutumainiwi 2nd person hutumainiwi hamtumainiwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatumainiwi hawatumainiwi other classes negative subject concord + -tumainiwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatumainiwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tatumainiwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tumainiwe) Singular Plural 1st person nitumainiwe tutumainiwe 2nd person utumainiwe mtumainiwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atumainiwe watumainiwe other classes positive subject concord + -tumainiwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -situmainiwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetumainiwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetumainiwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitumainiwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitumainiwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atumainiwa) Singular Plural 1st person natumainiwa twatumainiwa 2nd person watumainiwa mwatumainiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atumainiwa watumainiwa m-mi(III/IV) watumainiwa yatumainiwa ji-ma(V/VI) latumainiwa yatumainiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatumainiwa vyatumainiwa n(IX/X) yatumainiwa zatumainiwa u(XI) watumainiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatumainiwa pa(XVI) patumainiwa mu(XVIII) mwatumainiwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -metumainiwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatumainiwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatumainiwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitumainiwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotumainiwa Consecutive katumainiwa / positive subject concord + -katumainiwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katumainiwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitumainiwa -tutumainiwa 2nd person -kutumainiwa -watumainiwa/-kutumainiweni/-watumainiweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtumainiwa -watumainiwa m-mi(III/IV) -utumainiwa -itumainiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -litumainiwa -yatumainiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitumainiwa -vitumainiwa n(IX/X) -itumainiwa -zitumainiwa u(XI) -utumainiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutumainiwa pa(XVI) -patumainiwa mu(XVIII) -mutumainiwa Reflexive -jitumainiwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tumainiwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tumainiwaye -tumainiwao m-mi(III/IV) -tumainiwao -tumainiwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tumainiwalo -tumainiwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tumainiwacho -tumainiwavyo n(IX/X) -tumainiwayo -tumainiwazo u(XI) -tumainiwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tumainiwako pa(XVI) -tumainiwapo mu(XVIII) -tumainiwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tumainiwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetumainiwa -otumainiwa m-mi(III/IV) -otumainiwa -yotumainiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lotumainiwa -yotumainiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotumainiwa -vyotumainiwa n(IX/X) -yotumainiwa -zotumainiwa u(XI) -otumainiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotumainiwa pa(XVI) -potumainiwa mu(XVIII) -motumainiwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.