sukwa

Swahili

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Verb

-sukwa (infinitive kusukwa)

1. Passive form of -suka

Conjugation

Conjugation of -sukwa
Positive present -nasukwa Subjunctive -sukwe Negative -sukwi Imperative singular sukwa
Infinitives
Positive kusukwa Negative kutosukwa
Imperatives
Singular sukwa Plural sukweni
Tensed forms
Habitual husukwa Positive past positive subject concord + -lisukwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kusukwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasukwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninasukwa/nasukwa tunasukwa 2nd person unasukwa mnasukwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anasukwa wanasukwa other classes positive subject concord + -nasukwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -sukwi) Singular Plural 1st person sisukwi hatusukwi 2nd person husukwi hamsukwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hasukwi hawasukwi other classes negative subject concord + -sukwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tasukwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tasukwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -sukwe) Singular Plural 1st person nisukwe tusukwe 2nd person usukwe msukwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asukwe wasukwe other classes positive subject concord + -sukwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sisukwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngesukwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singesukwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalisukwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalisukwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asukwa) Singular Plural 1st person nasukwa twasukwa 2nd person wasukwa mwasukwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asukwa wasukwa m-mi(III/IV) wasukwa yasukwa ji-ma(V/VI) lasukwa yasukwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chasukwa vyasukwa n(IX/X) yasukwa zasukwa u(XI) wasukwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwasukwa pa(XVI) pasukwa mu(XVIII) mwasukwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mesukwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshasukwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jasukwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kisukwa "If not" positive subject concord + -siposukwa Consecutive kasukwa / positive subject concord + -kasukwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kasukwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nisukwa -tusukwa 2nd person -kusukwa -wasukwa/-kusukweni/-wasukweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -msukwa -wasukwa m-mi(III/IV) -usukwa -isukwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lisukwa -yasukwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kisukwa -visukwa n(IX/X) -isukwa -zisukwa u(XI) -usukwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kusukwa pa(XVI) -pasukwa mu(XVIII) -musukwa Reflexive -jisukwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -sukwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -sukwaye -sukwao m-mi(III/IV) -sukwao -sukwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -sukwalo -sukwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -sukwacho -sukwavyo n(IX/X) -sukwayo -sukwazo u(XI) -sukwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -sukwako pa(XVI) -sukwapo mu(XVIII) -sukwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -sukwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yesukwa -osukwa m-mi(III/IV) -osukwa -yosukwa ji-ma(V/VI) -losukwa -yosukwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chosukwa -vyosukwa n(IX/X) -yosukwa -zosukwa u(XI) -osukwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kosukwa pa(XVI) -posukwa mu(XVIII) -mosukwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.