zuana

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Swahili

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Verb

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-zuana (infinitive kuzuana)

  1. Reciprocal form of -zua

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -zuana
Positive present -nazuana
Subjunctive -zuane
Negative -zuani
Imperative singular zuana
Infinitives
Positive kuzuana
Negative kutozuana
Imperatives
Singular zuana
Plural zuaneni
Tensed forms
Habitual huzuana
Positive past positive subject concord + -lizuana
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzuana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazuana)
Singular Plural
1st person ninazuana/nazuana tunazuana
2nd person unazuana mnazuana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazuana wanazuana
other classes positive subject concord + -nazuana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zuani)
Singular Plural
1st person sizuani hatuzuani
2nd person huzuani hamzuani
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazuani hawazuani
other classes negative subject concord + -zuani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazuana
Negative future negative subject concord + -tazuana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zuane)
Singular Plural
1st person nizuane tuzuane
2nd person uzuane mzuane
3rd person m-wa(I/II) azuane wazuane
other classes positive subject concord + -zuane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizuane
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezuana
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezuana
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizuana
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizuana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azuana)
Singular Plural
1st person nazuana twazuana
2nd person wazuana mwazuana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) azuana wazuana
m-mi(III/IV) wazuana yazuana
ji-ma(V/VI) lazuana yazuana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazuana vyazuana
n(IX/X) yazuana zazuana
u(XI) wazuana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwazuana
pa(XVI) pazuana
mu(XVIII) mwazuana
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezuana
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshazuana
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazuana
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kizuana
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipozuana
Consecutive kazuana / positive subject concord + -kazuana
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazuane
Object concord
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + -zuana- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -zuanaye -zuanao
m-mi(III/IV) -zuanao -zuanayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -zuanalo -zuanayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zuanacho -zuanavyo
n(IX/X) -zuanayo -zuanazo
u(XI) -zuanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -zuanako
pa(XVI) -zuanapo
mu(XVIII) -zuanamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -zuana)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yezuana -ozuana
m-mi(III/IV) -ozuana -yozuana
ji-ma(V/VI) -lozuana -yozuana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozuana -vyozuana
n(IX/X) -yozuana -zozuana
u(XI) -ozuana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kozuana
pa(XVI) -pozuana
mu(XVIII) -mozuana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.