tawaliwa

Swahili

Verb

-tawaliwa (infinitive kutawaliwa)

1. Passive form of -tawala: to be ruled

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tawaliwa
Positive present -natawaliwa Subjunctive -tawaliwe Negative -tawaliwi Imperative singular tawaliwa
Infinitives
Positive kutawaliwa Negative kutotawaliwa
Imperatives
Singular tawaliwa Plural tawaliweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutawaliwa Positive past positive subject concord + -litawaliwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kutawaliwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natawaliwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninatawaliwa/natawaliwa tunatawaliwa 2nd person unatawaliwa mnatawaliwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatawaliwa wanatawaliwa other classes positive subject concord + -natawaliwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tawaliwi) Singular Plural 1st person sitawaliwi hatutawaliwi 2nd person hutawaliwi hamtawaliwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatawaliwi hawatawaliwi other classes negative subject concord + -tawaliwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatawaliwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tatawaliwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tawaliwe) Singular Plural 1st person nitawaliwe tutawaliwe 2nd person utawaliwe mtawaliwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atawaliwe watawaliwe other classes positive subject concord + -tawaliwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitawaliwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetawaliwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetawaliwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitawaliwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitawaliwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atawaliwa) Singular Plural 1st person natawaliwa twatawaliwa 2nd person watawaliwa mwatawaliwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atawaliwa watawaliwa m-mi(III/IV) watawaliwa yatawaliwa ji-ma(V/VI) latawaliwa yatawaliwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatawaliwa vyatawaliwa n(IX/X) yatawaliwa zatawaliwa u(XI) watawaliwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatawaliwa pa(XVI) patawaliwa mu(XVIII) mwatawaliwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -metawaliwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatawaliwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatawaliwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitawaliwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotawaliwa Consecutive katawaliwa / positive subject concord + -katawaliwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katawaliwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitawaliwa -tutawaliwa 2nd person -kutawaliwa -watawaliwa/-kutawaliweni/-watawaliweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtawaliwa -watawaliwa m-mi(III/IV) -utawaliwa -itawaliwa ji-ma(V/VI) -litawaliwa -yatawaliwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitawaliwa -vitawaliwa n(IX/X) -itawaliwa -zitawaliwa u(XI) -utawaliwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutawaliwa pa(XVI) -patawaliwa mu(XVIII) -mutawaliwa Reflexive -jitawaliwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tawaliwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tawaliwaye -tawaliwao m-mi(III/IV) -tawaliwao -tawaliwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tawaliwalo -tawaliwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tawaliwacho -tawaliwavyo n(IX/X) -tawaliwayo -tawaliwazo u(XI) -tawaliwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tawaliwako pa(XVI) -tawaliwapo mu(XVIII) -tawaliwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tawaliwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetawaliwa -otawaliwa m-mi(III/IV) -otawaliwa -yotawaliwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lotawaliwa -yotawaliwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotawaliwa -vyotawaliwa n(IX/X) -yotawaliwa -zotawaliwa u(XI) -otawaliwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotawaliwa pa(XVI) -potawaliwa mu(XVIII) -motawaliwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • mtawaliwa (“subject”)