(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “It could either be an applicative of zawadi [gift] or from an Arabic word”)
-zawadia (infinitive kuzawadia)
- to give a present
Conjugation of -zawadia
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Positive present
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-nazawadia
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Subjunctive
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-zawadie
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Negative
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-zawadii
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Imperative singular
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zawadia
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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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huzawadia
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lizawadia
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kuzawadia
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazawadia)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninazawadia/nazawadia
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tunazawadia
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2nd person
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unazawadia
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mnazawadia
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anazawadia
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wanazawadia
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nazawadia
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -zawadii)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sizawadii
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hatuzawadii
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2nd person
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huzawadii
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hamzawadii
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hazawadii
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hawazawadii
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -zawadii
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tazawadia
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tazawadia
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zawadie)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nizawadie
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tuzawadie
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2nd person
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uzawadie
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mzawadie
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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azawadie
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wazawadie
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -zawadie
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sizawadie
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngezawadia
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singezawadia
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalizawadia
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalizawadia
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mezawadia
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshazawadia
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jazawadia
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kizawadia
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipozawadia
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Consecutive
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kazawadia / positive subject concord + -kazawadia
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kazawadie
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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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