Swahili edit

Pronunciation edit

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Verb edit

-zoeleka (infinitive kuzoeleka)

  1. Stative form of -zoea: to be familiar with

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of -zoeleka
Positive present -nazoeleka
Subjunctive -zoeleke
Negative -zoeleki
Imperative singular zoeleka
Infinitives
Positive kuzoeleka
Negative kutozoeleka
Imperatives
Singular zoeleka
Plural zoelekeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huzoeleka
Positive past positive subject concord + -lizoeleka
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzoeleka
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazoeleka)
Singular Plural
1st person ninazoeleka/nazoeleka tunazoeleka
2nd person unazoeleka mnazoeleka
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazoeleka wanazoeleka
other classes positive subject concord + -nazoeleka
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zoeleki)
Singular Plural
1st person sizoeleki hatuzoeleki
2nd person huzoeleki hamzoeleki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazoeleki hawazoeleki
other classes negative subject concord + -zoeleki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazoeleka
Negative future negative subject concord + -tazoeleka
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zoeleke)
Singular Plural
1st person nizoeleke tuzoeleke
2nd person uzoeleke mzoeleke
3rd person m-wa(I/II) azoeleke wazoeleke
other classes positive subject concord + -zoeleke
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizoeleke
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezoeleka
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezoeleka
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizoeleka
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizoeleka
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azoeleka)
Singular Plural
1st person nazoeleka twazoeleka
2nd person wazoeleka mwazoeleka
3rd person m-wa(I/II) azoeleka wazoeleka
m-mi(III/IV) wazoeleka yazoeleka
ji-ma(V/VI) lazoeleka yazoeleka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazoeleka vyazoeleka
n(IX/X) yazoeleka zazoeleka
u(XI) wazoeleka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwazoeleka
pa(XVI) pazoeleka
mu(XVIII) mwazoeleka
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezoeleka
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshazoeleka
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazoeleka
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kizoeleka
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipozoeleka
Consecutive kazoeleka / positive subject concord + -kazoeleka
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazoeleke
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nizoeleka -tuzoeleka
2nd person -kuzoeleka -wazoeleka/-kuzoelekeni/-wazoelekeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzoeleka -wazoeleka
m-mi(III/IV) -uzoeleka -izoeleka
ji-ma(V/VI) -lizoeleka -yazoeleka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizoeleka -vizoeleka
n(IX/X) -izoeleka -zizoeleka
u(XI) -uzoeleka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuzoeleka
pa(XVI) -pazoeleka
mu(XVIII) -muzoeleka
Reflexive -jizoeleka
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zoeleka- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -zoelekaye -zoelekao
m-mi(III/IV) -zoelekao -zoelekayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -zoelekalo -zoelekayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zoelekacho -zoelekavyo
n(IX/X) -zoelekayo -zoelekazo
u(XI) -zoelekao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -zoelekako
pa(XVI) -zoelekapo
mu(XVIII) -zoelekamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zoeleka)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yezoeleka -ozoeleka
m-mi(III/IV) -ozoeleka -yozoeleka
ji-ma(V/VI) -lozoeleka -yozoeleka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozoeleka -vyozoeleka
n(IX/X) -yozoeleka -zozoeleka
u(XI) -ozoeleka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kozoeleka
pa(XVI) -pozoeleka
mu(XVIII) -mozoeleka
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.