jengwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-jengwa (infinitive kujengwa)

1. Passive form of -jenga: be built

Conjugation

Conjugation of -jengwa
Positive present -najengwa Subjunctive -jengwe Negative -jengwi Imperative singular jengwa
Infinitives
Positive kujengwa Negative kutojengwa
Imperatives
Singular jengwa Plural jengweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hujengwa Positive past positive subject concord + -lijengwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kujengwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -najengwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninajengwa/najengwa tunajengwa 2nd person unajengwa mnajengwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anajengwa wanajengwa other classes positive subject concord + -najengwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -jengwi) Singular Plural 1st person sijengwi hatujengwi 2nd person hujengwi hamjengwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hajengwi hawajengwi other classes negative subject concord + -jengwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tajengwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tajengwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -jengwe) Singular Plural 1st person nijengwe tujengwe 2nd person ujengwe mjengwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ajengwe wajengwe other classes positive subject concord + -jengwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sijengwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngejengwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singejengwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalijengwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalijengwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ajengwa) Singular Plural 1st person najengwa twajengwa 2nd person wajengwa mwajengwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ajengwa wajengwa m-mi(III/IV) wajengwa yajengwa ji-ma(V/VI) lajengwa yajengwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chajengwa vyajengwa n(IX/X) yajengwa zajengwa u(XI) wajengwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwajengwa pa(XVI) pajengwa mu(XVIII) mwajengwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mejengwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshajengwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jajengwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kijengwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipojengwa Consecutive kajengwa / positive subject concord + -kajengwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kajengwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nijengwa -tujengwa 2nd person -kujengwa -wajengwa/-kujengweni/-wajengweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mjengwa -wajengwa m-mi(III/IV) -ujengwa -ijengwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lijengwa -yajengwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kijengwa -vijengwa n(IX/X) -ijengwa -zijengwa u(XI) -ujengwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kujengwa pa(XVI) -pajengwa mu(XVIII) -mujengwa Reflexive -jijengwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -jengwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -jengwaye -jengwao m-mi(III/IV) -jengwao -jengwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -jengwalo -jengwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -jengwacho -jengwavyo n(IX/X) -jengwayo -jengwazo u(XI) -jengwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -jengwako pa(XVI) -jengwapo mu(XVIII) -jengwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -jengwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yejengwa -ojengwa m-mi(III/IV) -ojengwa -yojengwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lojengwa -yojengwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chojengwa -vyojengwa n(IX/X) -yojengwa -zojengwa u(XI) -ojengwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kojengwa pa(XVI) -pojengwa mu(XVIII) -mojengwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.