valiwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-valiwa (infinitive kuvaliwa)

1. Passive form of -vaa

Conjugation

Conjugation of -valiwa
Positive present -navaliwa Subjunctive -valiwe Negative -valiwi Imperative singular valiwa
Infinitives
Positive kuvaliwa Negative kutovaliwa
Imperatives
Singular valiwa Plural valiweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huvaliwa Positive past positive subject concord + -livaliwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuvaliwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -navaliwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninavaliwa/navaliwa tunavaliwa 2nd person unavaliwa mnavaliwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anavaliwa wanavaliwa other classes positive subject concord + -navaliwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -valiwi) Singular Plural 1st person sivaliwi hatuvaliwi 2nd person huvaliwi hamvaliwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) havaliwi hawavaliwi other classes negative subject concord + -valiwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tavaliwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tavaliwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -valiwe) Singular Plural 1st person nivaliwe tuvaliwe 2nd person uvaliwe mvaliwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) avaliwe wavaliwe other classes positive subject concord + -valiwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sivaliwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngevaliwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singevaliwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalivaliwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalivaliwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -avaliwa) Singular Plural 1st person navaliwa twavaliwa 2nd person wavaliwa mwavaliwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) avaliwa wavaliwa m-mi(III/IV) wavaliwa yavaliwa ji-ma(V/VI) lavaliwa yavaliwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chavaliwa vyavaliwa n(IX/X) yavaliwa zavaliwa u(XI) wavaliwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwavaliwa pa(XVI) pavaliwa mu(XVIII) mwavaliwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mevaliwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshavaliwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -javaliwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kivaliwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipovaliwa Consecutive kavaliwa / positive subject concord + -kavaliwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kavaliwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nivaliwa -tuvaliwa 2nd person -kuvaliwa -wavaliwa/-kuvaliweni/-wavaliweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mvaliwa -wavaliwa m-mi(III/IV) -uvaliwa -ivaliwa ji-ma(V/VI) -livaliwa -yavaliwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kivaliwa -vivaliwa n(IX/X) -ivaliwa -zivaliwa u(XI) -uvaliwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuvaliwa pa(XVI) -pavaliwa mu(XVIII) -muvaliwa Reflexive -jivaliwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -valiwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -valiwaye -valiwao m-mi(III/IV) -valiwao -valiwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -valiwalo -valiwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -valiwacho -valiwavyo n(IX/X) -valiwayo -valiwazo u(XI) -valiwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -valiwako pa(XVI) -valiwapo mu(XVIII) -valiwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -valiwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yevaliwa -ovaliwa m-mi(III/IV) -ovaliwa -yovaliwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lovaliwa -yovaliwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chovaliwa -vyovaliwa n(IX/X) -yovaliwa -zovaliwa u(XI) -ovaliwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kovaliwa pa(XVI) -povaliwa mu(XVIII) -movaliwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.