zolewa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-zolewa (infinitive kuzolewa)

1. Passive form of -zoa: to be picked up, to be gathered up

Verb

-zolewa (infinitive kuzolewa)

1. Passive form of -zoea: to be gotten used to

Conjugation

Conjugation of -zolewa
Positive present -nazolewa Subjunctive -zolewe Negative -zolewi Imperative singular zolewa
Infinitives
Positive kuzolewa Negative kutozolewa
Imperatives
Singular zolewa Plural zoleweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huzolewa Positive past positive subject concord + -lizolewa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzolewa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazolewa) Singular Plural 1st person ninazolewa/nazolewa tunazolewa 2nd person unazolewa mnazolewa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazolewa wanazolewa other classes positive subject concord + -nazolewa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zolewi) Singular Plural 1st person sizolewi hatuzolewi 2nd person huzolewi hamzolewi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazolewi hawazolewi other classes negative subject concord + -zolewi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazolewa Negative future negative subject concord + -tazolewa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zolewe) Singular Plural 1st person nizolewe tuzolewe 2nd person uzolewe mzolewe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azolewe wazolewe other classes positive subject concord + -zolewe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizolewe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezolewa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezolewa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizolewa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizolewa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azolewa) Singular Plural 1st person nazolewa twazolewa 2nd person wazolewa mwazolewa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azolewa wazolewa m-mi(III/IV) wazolewa yazolewa ji-ma(V/VI) lazolewa yazolewa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazolewa vyazolewa n(IX/X) yazolewa zazolewa u(XI) wazolewa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwazolewa pa(XVI) pazolewa mu(XVIII) mwazolewa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezolewa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshazolewa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazolewa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kizolewa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipozolewa Consecutive kazolewa / positive subject concord + -kazolewa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazolewe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nizolewa -tuzolewa 2nd person -kuzolewa -wazolewa/-kuzoleweni/-wazoleweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzolewa -wazolewa m-mi(III/IV) -uzolewa -izolewa ji-ma(V/VI) -lizolewa -yazolewa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizolewa -vizolewa n(IX/X) -izolewa -zizolewa u(XI) -uzolewa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuzolewa pa(XVI) -pazolewa mu(XVIII) -muzolewa Reflexive -jizolewa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zolewa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -zolewaye -zolewao m-mi(III/IV) -zolewao -zolewayo ji-ma(V/VI) -zolewalo -zolewayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zolewacho -zolewavyo n(IX/X) -zolewayo -zolewazo u(XI) -zolewao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -zolewako pa(XVI) -zolewapo mu(XVIII) -zolewamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zolewa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yezolewa -ozolewa m-mi(III/IV) -ozolewa -yozolewa ji-ma(V/VI) -lozolewa -yozolewa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozolewa -vyozolewa n(IX/X) -yozolewa -zozolewa u(XI) -ozolewa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kozolewa pa(XVI) -pozolewa mu(XVIII) -mozolewa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.