bweka

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-bweka (infinitive kubweka)

  1. to bark

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -bweka
Positive present -nabweka
Subjunctive -bweke
Negative -bweki
Imperative singular bweka
Infinitives
Positive kubweka
Negative kutobweka
Imperatives
Singular bweka
Plural bwekeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hubweka
Positive past positive subject concord + -libweka
Negative past negative subject concord + -kubweka
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nabweka)
Singular Plural
1st person ninabweka/nabweka tunabweka
2nd person unabweka mnabweka
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anabweka wanabweka
other classes positive subject concord + -nabweka
Negative present (negative subject concord + -bweki)
Singular Plural
1st person sibweki hatubweki
2nd person hubweki hambweki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) habweki hawabweki
other classes negative subject concord + -bweki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tabweka
Negative future negative subject concord + -tabweka
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -bweke)
Singular Plural
1st person nibweke tubweke
2nd person ubweke mbweke
3rd person m-wa(I/II) abweke wabweke
other classes positive subject concord + -bweke
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sibweke
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngebweka
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singebweka
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalibweka
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalibweka
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -abweka)
Singular Plural
1st person nabweka twabweka
2nd person wabweka mwabweka
3rd person m-wa(I/II) abweka wabweka
m-mi(III/IV) wabweka yabweka
ji-ma(V/VI) labweka yabweka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chabweka vyabweka
n(IX/X) yabweka zabweka
u(XI) wabweka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwabweka
pa(XVI) pabweka
mu(XVIII) mwabweka
Perfect positive subject concord + -mebweka
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshabweka
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jabweka
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kibweka
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipobweka
Consecutive kabweka / positive subject concord + -kabweka
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kabweke
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nibweka -tubweka
2nd person -kubweka -wabweka/-kubwekeni/-wabwekeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mbweka -wabweka
m-mi(III/IV) -ubweka -ibweka
ji-ma(V/VI) -libweka -yabweka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kibweka -vibweka
n(IX/X) -ibweka -zibweka
u(XI) -ubweka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kubweka
pa(XVI) -pabweka
mu(XVIII) -mubweka
Reflexive -jibweka
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -bweka- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -bwekaye -bwekao
m-mi(III/IV) -bwekao -bwekayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -bwekalo -bwekayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -bwekacho -bwekavyo
n(IX/X) -bwekayo -bwekazo
u(XI) -bwekao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -bwekako
pa(XVI) -bwekapo
mu(XVIII) -bwekamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -bweka)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yebweka -obweka
m-mi(III/IV) -obweka -yobweka
ji-ma(V/VI) -lobweka -yobweka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chobweka -vyobweka
n(IX/X) -yobweka -zobweka
u(XI) -obweka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kobweka
pa(XVI) -pobweka
mu(XVIII) -mobweka
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.