fumba

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-fumba (infinitive kufumba)

  1. to shut closed
  2. to mystify or elude

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -fumba
Positive present -nafumba
Subjunctive -fumbe
Negative -fumbi
Imperative singular fumba
Infinitives
Positive kufumba
Negative kutofumba
Imperatives
Singular fumba
Plural fumbeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufumba
Positive past positive subject concord + -lifumba
Negative past negative subject concord + -kufumba
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafumba)
Singular Plural
1st person ninafumba/nafumba tunafumba
2nd person unafumba mnafumba
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafumba wanafumba
other classes positive subject concord + -nafumba
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fumbi)
Singular Plural
1st person sifumbi hatufumbi
2nd person hufumbi hamfumbi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafumbi hawafumbi
other classes negative subject concord + -fumbi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafumba
Negative future negative subject concord + -tafumba
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fumbe)
Singular Plural
1st person nifumbe tufumbe
2nd person ufumbe mfumbe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afumbe wafumbe
other classes positive subject concord + -fumbe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifumbe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefumba
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefumba
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifumba
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifumba
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afumba)
Singular Plural
1st person nafumba twafumba
2nd person wafumba mwafumba
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afumba wafumba
m-mi(III/IV) wafumba yafumba
ji-ma(V/VI) lafumba yafumba
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafumba vyafumba
n(IX/X) yafumba zafumba
u(XI) wafumba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwafumba
pa(XVI) pafumba
mu(XVIII) mwafumba
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefumba
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshafumba
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafumba
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kifumba
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipofumba
Consecutive kafumba / positive subject concord + -kafumba
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafumbe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nifumba -tufumba
2nd person -kufumba -wafumba/-kufumbeni/-wafumbeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfumba -wafumba
m-mi(III/IV) -ufumba -ifumba
ji-ma(V/VI) -lifumba -yafumba
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifumba -vifumba
n(IX/X) -ifumba -zifumba
u(XI) -ufumba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kufumba
pa(XVI) -pafumba
mu(XVIII) -mufumba
Reflexive -jifumba
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fumba- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -fumbaye -fumbao
m-mi(III/IV) -fumbao -fumbayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -fumbalo -fumbayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fumbacho -fumbavyo
n(IX/X) -fumbayo -fumbazo
u(XI) -fumbao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -fumbako
pa(XVI) -fumbapo
mu(XVIII) -fumbamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -fumba)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yefumba -ofumba
m-mi(III/IV) -ofumba -yofumba
ji-ma(V/VI) -lofumba -yofumba
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofumba -vyofumba
n(IX/X) -yofumba -zofumba
u(XI) -ofumba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kofumba
pa(XVI) -pofumba
mu(XVIII) -mofumba
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

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Xhosa

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Verb

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-fumba?

  1. accumulate

Inflection

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