fumua

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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-fumua (infinitive kufumua)

  1. Conversive form of -fuma: to unstitch, disentangle
  2. to unravel
  3. to remove

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -fumua
Positive present -nafumua
Subjunctive -fumue
Negative -fumui
Imperative singular fumua
Infinitives
Positive kufumua
Negative kutofumua
Imperatives
Singular fumua
Plural fumueni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufumua
Positive past positive subject concord + -lifumua
Negative past negative subject concord + -kufumua
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafumua)
Singular Plural
1st person ninafumua/nafumua tunafumua
2nd person unafumua mnafumua
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafumua wanafumua
other classes positive subject concord + -nafumua
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fumui)
Singular Plural
1st person sifumui hatufumui
2nd person hufumui hamfumui
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafumui hawafumui
other classes negative subject concord + -fumui
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafumua
Negative future negative subject concord + -tafumua
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fumue)
Singular Plural
1st person nifumue tufumue
2nd person ufumue mfumue
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afumue wafumue
other classes positive subject concord + -fumue
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifumue
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefumua
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefumua
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifumua
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifumua
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afumua)
Singular Plural
1st person nafumua twafumua
2nd person wafumua mwafumua
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afumua wafumua
m-mi(III/IV) wafumua yafumua
ji-ma(V/VI) lafumua yafumua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafumua vyafumua
n(IX/X) yafumua zafumua
u(XI) wafumua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwafumua
pa(XVI) pafumua
mu(XVIII) mwafumua
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefumua
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshafumua
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafumua
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kifumua
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipofumua
Consecutive kafumua / positive subject concord + -kafumua
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafumue
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nifumua -tufumua
2nd person -kufumua -wafumua/-kufumueni/-wafumueni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfumua -wafumua
m-mi(III/IV) -ufumua -ifumua
ji-ma(V/VI) -lifumua -yafumua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifumua -vifumua
n(IX/X) -ifumua -zifumua
u(XI) -ufumua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kufumua
pa(XVI) -pafumua
mu(XVIII) -mufumua
Reflexive -jifumua
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fumua- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -fumuaye -fumuao
m-mi(III/IV) -fumuao -fumuayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -fumualo -fumuayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fumuacho -fumuavyo
n(IX/X) -fumuayo -fumuazo
u(XI) -fumuao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -fumuako
pa(XVI) -fumuapo
mu(XVIII) -fumuamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -fumua)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yefumua -ofumua
m-mi(III/IV) -ofumua -yofumua
ji-ma(V/VI) -lofumua -yofumua
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofumua -vyofumua
n(IX/X) -yofumua -zofumua
u(XI) -ofumua see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kofumua
pa(XVI) -pofumua
mu(XVIII) -mofumua
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.