ozwa

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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-ozwa (infinitive kuozwa)

  1. Passive form of -oza: to be married (by someone)

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -ozwa
Positive present -naozwa
Subjunctive -ozwe
Negative -ozwi
Imperative singular ozwa
Infinitives
Positive kuozwa
Negative kutoozwa
Imperatives
Singular ozwa
Plural ozweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huozwa
Positive past positive subject concord + -liozwa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuozwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naozwa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninaozwa/naozwa tunaozwa
2nd person unaozwa mnaozwa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaozwa wanaozwa
other classes positive subject concord + -naozwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -ozwi)
Singular Plural
1st person siozwi hatuozwi
2nd person huozwi hamwozwi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) haozwi hawaozwi
other classes negative subject concord + -ozwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taozwa
Negative future negative subject concord + -taozwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -ozwe)
Singular Plural
1st person niozwe tuozwe
2nd person uozwe mwozwe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aozwe waozwe
other classes positive subject concord + -ozwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siozwe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeozwa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeozwa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliozwa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliozwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aozwa)
Singular Plural
1st person naozwa twaozwa
2nd person waozwa mwaozwa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aozwa waozwa
m-mi(III/IV) waozwa yaozwa
ji-ma(V/VI) laozwa yaozwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaozwa vyaozwa
n(IX/X) yaozwa zaozwa
u(XI) waozwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwaozwa
pa(XVI) paozwa
mu(XVIII) mwaozwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -meozwa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshaozwa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaozwa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kiozwa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipoozwa
Consecutive kaozwa / positive subject concord + -kaozwa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaozwe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -niozwa -tuozwa
2nd person -kuozwa -waozwa/-kuozweni/-waozweni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwozwa -waozwa
m-mi(III/IV) -uozwa -iozwa
ji-ma(V/VI) -liozwa -yaozwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiozwa -viozwa
n(IX/X) -iozwa -ziozwa
u(XI) -uozwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuozwa
pa(XVI) -paozwa
mu(XVIII) -muozwa
Reflexive -jiozwa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -ozwa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -ozwaye -ozwao
m-mi(III/IV) -ozwao -ozwayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -ozwalo -ozwayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -ozwacho -ozwavyo
n(IX/X) -ozwayo -ozwazo
u(XI) -ozwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -ozwako
pa(XVI) -ozwapo
mu(XVIII) -ozwamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -ozwa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yeozwa -oozwa
m-mi(III/IV) -oozwa -yoozwa
ji-ma(V/VI) -loozwa -yoozwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choozwa -vyoozwa
n(IX/X) -yoozwa -zoozwa
u(XI) -oozwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -koozwa
pa(XVI) -poozwa
mu(XVIII) -moozwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.