tazamiwa

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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-tazamiwa (infinitive kutazamiwa)

  1. Passive form of -tazama: to be inspected

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -tazamiwa
Positive present -natazamiwa
Subjunctive -tazamiwe
Negative -tazamiwi
Imperative singular tazamiwa
Infinitives
Positive kutazamiwa
Negative kutotazamiwa
Imperatives
Singular tazamiwa
Plural tazamiweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutazamiwa
Positive past positive subject concord + -litazamiwa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutazamiwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natazamiwa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatazamiwa/natazamiwa tunatazamiwa
2nd person unatazamiwa mnatazamiwa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatazamiwa wanatazamiwa
other classes positive subject concord + -natazamiwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tazamiwi)
Singular Plural
1st person sitazamiwi hatutazamiwi
2nd person hutazamiwi hamtazamiwi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatazamiwi hawatazamiwi
other classes negative subject concord + -tazamiwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatazamiwa
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatazamiwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tazamiwe)
Singular Plural
1st person nitazamiwe tutazamiwe
2nd person utazamiwe mtazamiwe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atazamiwe watazamiwe
other classes positive subject concord + -tazamiwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitazamiwe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetazamiwa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetazamiwa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitazamiwa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitazamiwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atazamiwa)
Singular Plural
1st person natazamiwa twatazamiwa
2nd person watazamiwa mwatazamiwa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atazamiwa watazamiwa
m-mi(III/IV) watazamiwa yatazamiwa
ji-ma(V/VI) latazamiwa yatazamiwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatazamiwa vyatazamiwa
n(IX/X) yatazamiwa zatazamiwa
u(XI) watazamiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatazamiwa
pa(XVI) patazamiwa
mu(XVIII) mwatazamiwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -metazamiwa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatazamiwa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatazamiwa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitazamiwa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotazamiwa
Consecutive katazamiwa / positive subject concord + -katazamiwa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katazamiwe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitazamiwa -tutazamiwa
2nd person -kutazamiwa -watazamiwa/-kutazamiweni/-watazamiweni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtazamiwa -watazamiwa
m-mi(III/IV) -utazamiwa -itazamiwa
ji-ma(V/VI) -litazamiwa -yatazamiwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitazamiwa -vitazamiwa
n(IX/X) -itazamiwa -zitazamiwa
u(XI) -utazamiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutazamiwa
pa(XVI) -patazamiwa
mu(XVIII) -mutazamiwa
Reflexive -jitazamiwa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tazamiwa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tazamiwaye -tazamiwao
m-mi(III/IV) -tazamiwao -tazamiwayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tazamiwalo -tazamiwayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tazamiwacho -tazamiwavyo
n(IX/X) -tazamiwayo -tazamiwazo
u(XI) -tazamiwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tazamiwako
pa(XVI) -tazamiwapo
mu(XVIII) -tazamiwamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tazamiwa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetazamiwa -otazamiwa
m-mi(III/IV) -otazamiwa -yotazamiwa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotazamiwa -yotazamiwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotazamiwa -vyotazamiwa
n(IX/X) -yotazamiwa -zotazamiwa
u(XI) -otazamiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotazamiwa
pa(XVI) -potazamiwa
mu(XVIII) -motazamiwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.