ibwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-ibwa (infinitive kuibwa)

1. Passive form of -iba: be stolen

Conjugation

Conjugation of -ibwa
Positive present -naibwa Subjunctive -ibwe Negative -ibwi Imperative singular ibwa
Infinitives
Positive kuibwa Negative kutoibwa
Imperatives
Singular ibwa Plural ibweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huibwa Positive past positive subject concord + -liibwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuibwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naibwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninaibwa/naibwa tunaibwa 2nd person unaibwa mnaibwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaibwa wanaibwa other classes positive subject concord + -naibwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -ibwi) Singular Plural 1st person siibwi hatuibwi 2nd person huibwi hamwibwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haibwi hawaibwi other classes negative subject concord + -ibwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taibwa Negative future negative subject concord + -taibwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -ibwe) Singular Plural 1st person niibwe tuibwe 2nd person uibwe mwibwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aibwe waibwe other classes positive subject concord + -ibwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siibwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeibwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeibwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliibwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliibwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aibwa) Singular Plural 1st person naibwa twaibwa 2nd person waibwa mwaibwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aibwa waibwa m-mi(III/IV) waibwa yaibwa ji-ma(V/VI) laibwa yaibwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaibwa vyaibwa n(IX/X) yaibwa zaibwa u(XI) waibwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaibwa pa(XVI) paibwa mu(XVIII) mwaibwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -meibwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaibwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaibwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiibwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoibwa Consecutive kaibwa / positive subject concord + -kaibwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaibwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niibwa -tuibwa 2nd person -kuibwa -waibwa/-kuibweni/-waibweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwibwa -waibwa m-mi(III/IV) -uibwa -iibwa ji-ma(V/VI) -liibwa -yaibwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiibwa -viibwa n(IX/X) -iibwa -ziibwa u(XI) -uibwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuibwa pa(XVI) -paibwa mu(XVIII) -muibwa Reflexive -jiibwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -ibwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -ibwaye -ibwao m-mi(III/IV) -ibwao -ibwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -ibwalo -ibwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -ibwacho -ibwavyo n(IX/X) -ibwayo -ibwazo u(XI) -ibwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -ibwako pa(XVI) -ibwapo mu(XVIII) -ibwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -ibwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeibwa -oibwa m-mi(III/IV) -oibwa -yoibwa ji-ma(V/VI) -loibwa -yoibwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choibwa -vyoibwa n(IX/X) -yoibwa -zoibwa u(XI) -oibwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koibwa pa(XVI) -poibwa mu(XVIII) -moibwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.