rejea

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic رَجَعَ (rajaʕa).

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-rejea (infinitive kurejea)

  1. to return
  2. to refer to

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -rejea
Positive present -narejea
Subjunctive -rejee
Negative -rejei
Imperative singular rejea
Infinitives
Positive kurejea
Negative kutorejea
Imperatives
Singular rejea
Plural rejeeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hurejea
Positive past positive subject concord + -lirejea
Negative past negative subject concord + -kurejea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -narejea)
Singular Plural
1st person ninarejea/narejea tunarejea
2nd person unarejea mnarejea
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anarejea wanarejea
other classes positive subject concord + -narejea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -rejei)
Singular Plural
1st person sirejei haturejei
2nd person hurejei hamrejei
3rd person m-wa(I/II) harejei hawarejei
other classes negative subject concord + -rejei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tarejea
Negative future negative subject concord + -tarejea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -rejee)
Singular Plural
1st person nirejee turejee
2nd person urejee mrejee
3rd person m-wa(I/II) arejee warejee
other classes positive subject concord + -rejee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sirejee
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngerejea
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singerejea
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalirejea
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalirejea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -arejea)
Singular Plural
1st person narejea twarejea
2nd person warejea mwarejea
3rd person m-wa(I/II) arejea warejea
m-mi(III/IV) warejea yarejea
ji-ma(V/VI) larejea yarejea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) charejea vyarejea
n(IX/X) yarejea zarejea
u(XI) warejea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwarejea
pa(XVI) parejea
mu(XVIII) mwarejea
Perfect positive subject concord + -merejea
"Already" positive subject concord + -mesharejea
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jarejea
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kirejea
"If not" positive subject concord + -siporejea
Consecutive karejea / positive subject concord + -karejea
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -karejee
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nirejea -turejea
2nd person -kurejea -warejea/-kurejeeni/-warejeeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mrejea -warejea
m-mi(III/IV) -urejea -irejea
ji-ma(V/VI) -lirejea -yarejea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kirejea -virejea
n(IX/X) -irejea -zirejea
u(XI) -urejea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kurejea
pa(XVI) -parejea
mu(XVIII) -murejea
Reflexive -jirejea
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -rejea- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -rejeaye -rejeao
m-mi(III/IV) -rejeao -rejeayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -rejealo -rejeayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -rejeacho -rejeavyo
n(IX/X) -rejeayo -rejeazo
u(XI) -rejeao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -rejeako
pa(XVI) -rejeapo
mu(XVIII) -rejeamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -rejea)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yerejea -orejea
m-mi(III/IV) -orejea -yorejea
ji-ma(V/VI) -lorejea -yorejea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chorejea -vyorejea
n(IX/X) -yorejea -zorejea
u(XI) -orejea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -korejea
pa(XVI) -porejea
mu(XVIII) -morejea
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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