kumbatiwa

Swahili

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Verb

-kumbatiwa (infinitive kukumbatiwa)

1. Passive form of -kumbatia

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kumbatiwa
Positive present -nakumbatiwa Subjunctive -kumbatiwe Negative -kumbatiwi Imperative singular kumbatiwa
Infinitives
Positive kukumbatiwa Negative kutokumbatiwa
Imperatives
Singular kumbatiwa Plural kumbatiweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukumbatiwa Positive past positive subject concord + -likumbatiwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kukumbatiwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakumbatiwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninakumbatiwa/nakumbatiwa tunakumbatiwa 2nd person unakumbatiwa mnakumbatiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakumbatiwa wanakumbatiwa other classes positive subject concord + -nakumbatiwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kumbatiwi) Singular Plural 1st person sikumbatiwi hatukumbatiwi 2nd person hukumbatiwi hamkumbatiwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakumbatiwi hawakumbatiwi other classes negative subject concord + -kumbatiwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -takumbatiwa Negative future negative subject concord + -takumbatiwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kumbatiwe) Singular Plural 1st person nikumbatiwe tukumbatiwe 2nd person ukumbatiwe mkumbatiwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akumbatiwe wakumbatiwe other classes positive subject concord + -kumbatiwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikumbatiwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekumbatiwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekumbatiwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikumbatiwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikumbatiwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akumbatiwa) Singular Plural 1st person nakumbatiwa twakumbatiwa 2nd person wakumbatiwa mwakumbatiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akumbatiwa wakumbatiwa m-mi(III/IV) wakumbatiwa yakumbatiwa ji-ma(V/VI) lakumbatiwa yakumbatiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakumbatiwa vyakumbatiwa n(IX/X) yakumbatiwa zakumbatiwa u(XI) wakumbatiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwakumbatiwa pa(XVI) pakumbatiwa mu(XVIII) mwakumbatiwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekumbatiwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshakumbatiwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakumbatiwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kikumbatiwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipokumbatiwa Consecutive kakumbatiwa / positive subject concord + -kakumbatiwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakumbatiwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nikumbatiwa -tukumbatiwa 2nd person -kukumbatiwa -wakumbatiwa/-kukumbatiweni/-wakumbatiweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkumbatiwa -wakumbatiwa m-mi(III/IV) -ukumbatiwa -ikumbatiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -likumbatiwa -yakumbatiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikumbatiwa -vikumbatiwa n(IX/X) -ikumbatiwa -zikumbatiwa u(XI) -ukumbatiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kukumbatiwa pa(XVI) -pakumbatiwa mu(XVIII) -mukumbatiwa Reflexive -jikumbatiwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kumbatiwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -kumbatiwaye -kumbatiwao m-mi(III/IV) -kumbatiwao -kumbatiwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -kumbatiwalo -kumbatiwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kumbatiwacho -kumbatiwavyo n(IX/X) -kumbatiwayo -kumbatiwazo u(XI) -kumbatiwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kumbatiwako pa(XVI) -kumbatiwapo mu(XVIII) -kumbatiwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kumbatiwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yekumbatiwa -okumbatiwa m-mi(III/IV) -okumbatiwa -yokumbatiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lokumbatiwa -yokumbatiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokumbatiwa -vyokumbatiwa n(IX/X) -yokumbatiwa -zokumbatiwa u(XI) -okumbatiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kokumbatiwa pa(XVI) -pokumbatiwa mu(XVIII) -mokumbatiwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.