tambaa

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-tambaa (infinitive kutambaa)

  1. to crawl

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -tambaa
Positive present -natambaa
Subjunctive -tambae
Negative -tambai
Imperative singular tambaa
Infinitives
Positive kutambaa
Negative kutotambaa
Imperatives
Singular tambaa
Plural tambaeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutambaa
Positive past positive subject concord + -litambaa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutambaa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natambaa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatambaa/natambaa tunatambaa
2nd person unatambaa mnatambaa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatambaa wanatambaa
other classes positive subject concord + -natambaa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tambai)
Singular Plural
1st person sitambai hatutambai
2nd person hutambai hamtambai
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatambai hawatambai
other classes negative subject concord + -tambai
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatambaa
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatambaa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tambae)
Singular Plural
1st person nitambae tutambae
2nd person utambae mtambae
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atambae watambae
other classes positive subject concord + -tambae
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitambae
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetambaa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetambaa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitambaa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitambaa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atambaa)
Singular Plural
1st person natambaa twatambaa
2nd person watambaa mwatambaa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atambaa watambaa
m-mi(III/IV) watambaa yatambaa
ji-ma(V/VI) latambaa yatambaa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatambaa vyatambaa
n(IX/X) yatambaa zatambaa
u(XI) watambaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatambaa
pa(XVI) patambaa
mu(XVIII) mwatambaa
Perfect positive subject concord + -metambaa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatambaa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatambaa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitambaa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotambaa
Consecutive katambaa / positive subject concord + -katambaa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katambae
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitambaa -tutambaa
2nd person -kutambaa -watambaa/-kutambaeni/-watambaeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtambaa -watambaa
m-mi(III/IV) -utambaa -itambaa
ji-ma(V/VI) -litambaa -yatambaa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitambaa -vitambaa
n(IX/X) -itambaa -zitambaa
u(XI) -utambaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutambaa
pa(XVI) -patambaa
mu(XVIII) -mutambaa
Reflexive -jitambaa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tambaa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tambaaye -tambaao
m-mi(III/IV) -tambaao -tambaayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tambaalo -tambaayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tambaacho -tambaavyo
n(IX/X) -tambaayo -tambaazo
u(XI) -tambaao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tambaako
pa(XVI) -tambaapo
mu(XVIII) -tambaamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tambaa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetambaa -otambaa
m-mi(III/IV) -otambaa -yotambaa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotambaa -yotambaa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotambaa -vyotambaa
n(IX/X) -yotambaa -zotambaa
u(XI) -otambaa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotambaa
pa(XVI) -potambaa
mu(XVIII) -motambaa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.