vutwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-vutwa (infinitive kuvutwa)

1. Passive form of -vuta

Conjugation

Conjugation of -vutwa
Positive present -navutwa Subjunctive -vutwe Negative -vutwi Imperative singular vutwa
Infinitives
Positive kuvutwa Negative kutovutwa
Imperatives
Singular vutwa Plural vutweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huvutwa Positive past positive subject concord + -livutwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuvutwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -navutwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninavutwa/navutwa tunavutwa 2nd person unavutwa mnavutwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anavutwa wanavutwa other classes positive subject concord + -navutwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -vutwi) Singular Plural 1st person sivutwi hatuvutwi 2nd person huvutwi hamvutwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) havutwi hawavutwi other classes negative subject concord + -vutwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tavutwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tavutwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -vutwe) Singular Plural 1st person nivutwe tuvutwe 2nd person uvutwe mvutwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) avutwe wavutwe other classes positive subject concord + -vutwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sivutwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngevutwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singevutwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalivutwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalivutwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -avutwa) Singular Plural 1st person navutwa twavutwa 2nd person wavutwa mwavutwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) avutwa wavutwa m-mi(III/IV) wavutwa yavutwa ji-ma(V/VI) lavutwa yavutwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chavutwa vyavutwa n(IX/X) yavutwa zavutwa u(XI) wavutwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwavutwa pa(XVI) pavutwa mu(XVIII) mwavutwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mevutwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshavutwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -javutwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kivutwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipovutwa Consecutive kavutwa / positive subject concord + -kavutwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kavutwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nivutwa -tuvutwa 2nd person -kuvutwa -wavutwa/-kuvutweni/-wavutweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mvutwa -wavutwa m-mi(III/IV) -uvutwa -ivutwa ji-ma(V/VI) -livutwa -yavutwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kivutwa -vivutwa n(IX/X) -ivutwa -zivutwa u(XI) -uvutwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuvutwa pa(XVI) -pavutwa mu(XVIII) -muvutwa Reflexive -jivutwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -vutwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -vutwaye -vutwao m-mi(III/IV) -vutwao -vutwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -vutwalo -vutwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -vutwacho -vutwavyo n(IX/X) -vutwayo -vutwazo u(XI) -vutwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -vutwako pa(XVI) -vutwapo mu(XVIII) -vutwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -vutwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yevutwa -ovutwa m-mi(III/IV) -ovutwa -yovutwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lovutwa -yovutwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chovutwa -vyovutwa n(IX/X) -yovutwa -zovutwa u(XI) -ovutwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kovutwa pa(XVI) -povutwa mu(XVIII) -movutwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.