-tweza (infinitive kutweza)
- to humiliate, belittle, demean
Conjugation of -tweza
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Positive present
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-natweza
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Subjunctive
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-tweze
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Negative
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-twezi
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Imperative singular
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tweza
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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hutweza
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -litweza
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kutweza
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -natweza)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninatweza/natweza
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tunatweza
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2nd person
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unatweza
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mnatweza
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anatweza
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wanatweza
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -natweza
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -twezi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sitwezi
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hatutwezi
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2nd person
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hutwezi
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hamtwezi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hatwezi
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hawatwezi
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -twezi
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tatweza
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tatweza
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tweze)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nitweze
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tutweze
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2nd person
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utweze
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mtweze
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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atweze
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watweze
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -tweze
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sitweze
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngetweza
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singetweza
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalitweza
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalitweza
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -metweza
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshatweza
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jatweza
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kitweza
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipotweza
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Consecutive
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katweza / positive subject concord + -katweza
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -katweze
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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