zagaa

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-zagaa (infinitive kuzagaa)

  1. to spread
  2. to illuminate

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -zagaa
Positive present -nazagaa
Subjunctive -zagae
Negative -zagai
Imperative singular zagaa
Infinitives
Positive kuzagaa
Negative kutozagaa
Imperatives
Singular zagaa
Plural zagaeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huzagaa
Positive past positive subject concord + -lizagaa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzagaa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazagaa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninazagaa/nazagaa tunazagaa
2nd person unazagaa mnazagaa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazagaa wanazagaa
other classes positive subject concord + -nazagaa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zagai)
Singular Plural
1st person sizagai hatuzagai
2nd person huzagai hamzagai
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazagai hawazagai
other classes negative subject concord + -zagai
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazagaa
Negative future negative subject concord + -tazagaa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zagae)
Singular Plural
1st person nizagae tuzagae
2nd person uzagae mzagae
3rd person m-wa(I/II) azagae wazagae
other classes positive subject concord + -zagae
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizagae
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezagaa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezagaa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizagaa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizagaa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azagaa)
Singular Plural
1st person nazagaa twazagaa
2nd person wazagaa mwazagaa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) azagaa wazagaa
m-mi(III/IV) wazagaa yazagaa
ji-ma(V/VI) lazagaa yazagaa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazagaa vyazagaa
n(IX/X) yazagaa zazagaa
u(XI) wazagaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwazagaa
pa(XVI) pazagaa
mu(XVIII) mwazagaa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezagaa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshazagaa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazagaa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kizagaa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipozagaa
Consecutive kazagaa / positive subject concord + -kazagaa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazagae
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nizagaa -tuzagaa
2nd person -kuzagaa -wazagaa/-kuzagaeni/-wazagaeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzagaa -wazagaa
m-mi(III/IV) -uzagaa -izagaa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lizagaa -yazagaa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizagaa -vizagaa
n(IX/X) -izagaa -zizagaa
u(XI) -uzagaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuzagaa
pa(XVI) -pazagaa
mu(XVIII) -muzagaa
Reflexive -jizagaa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zagaa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -zagaaye -zagaao
m-mi(III/IV) -zagaao -zagaayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -zagaalo -zagaayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zagaacho -zagaavyo
n(IX/X) -zagaayo -zagaazo
u(XI) -zagaao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -zagaako
pa(XVI) -zagaapo
mu(XVIII) -zagaamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zagaa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yezagaa -ozagaa
m-mi(III/IV) -ozagaa -yozagaa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lozagaa -yozagaa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozagaa -vyozagaa
n(IX/X) -yozagaa -zozagaa
u(XI) -ozagaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kozagaa
pa(XVI) -pozagaa
mu(XVIII) -mozagaa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.