tiliwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tiliwa (infinitive kutiliwa)

1. Passive form of -tia: to be put or placed

   Synonym: -tiwa

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tiliwa
Positive present -natiliwa Subjunctive -tiliwe Negative -tiliwi Imperative singular tiliwa
Infinitives
Positive kutiliwa Negative kutotiliwa
Imperatives
Singular tiliwa Plural tiliweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutiliwa Positive past positive subject concord + -litiliwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kutiliwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natiliwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninatiliwa/natiliwa tunatiliwa 2nd person unatiliwa mnatiliwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatiliwa wanatiliwa other classes positive subject concord + -natiliwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tiliwi) Singular Plural 1st person sitiliwi hatutiliwi 2nd person hutiliwi hamtiliwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatiliwi hawatiliwi other classes negative subject concord + -tiliwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatiliwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tatiliwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tiliwe) Singular Plural 1st person nitiliwe tutiliwe 2nd person utiliwe mtiliwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atiliwe watiliwe other classes positive subject concord + -tiliwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitiliwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetiliwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetiliwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitiliwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitiliwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atiliwa) Singular Plural 1st person natiliwa twatiliwa 2nd person watiliwa mwatiliwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atiliwa watiliwa m-mi(III/IV) watiliwa yatiliwa ji-ma(V/VI) latiliwa yatiliwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatiliwa vyatiliwa n(IX/X) yatiliwa zatiliwa u(XI) watiliwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatiliwa pa(XVI) patiliwa mu(XVIII) mwatiliwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -metiliwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatiliwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatiliwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitiliwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotiliwa Consecutive katiliwa / positive subject concord + -katiliwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katiliwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitiliwa -tutiliwa 2nd person -kutiliwa -watiliwa/-kutiliweni/-watiliweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtiliwa -watiliwa m-mi(III/IV) -utiliwa -itiliwa ji-ma(V/VI) -litiliwa -yatiliwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitiliwa -vitiliwa n(IX/X) -itiliwa -zitiliwa u(XI) -utiliwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutiliwa pa(XVI) -patiliwa mu(XVIII) -mutiliwa Reflexive -jitiliwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tiliwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tiliwaye -tiliwao m-mi(III/IV) -tiliwao -tiliwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tiliwalo -tiliwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tiliwacho -tiliwavyo n(IX/X) -tiliwayo -tiliwazo u(XI) -tiliwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tiliwako pa(XVI) -tiliwapo mu(XVIII) -tiliwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tiliwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetiliwa -otiliwa m-mi(III/IV) -otiliwa -yotiliwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lotiliwa -yotiliwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotiliwa -vyotiliwa n(IX/X) -yotiliwa -zotiliwa u(XI) -otiliwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotiliwa pa(XVI) -potiliwa mu(XVIII) -motiliwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.