tembea

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tembea (infinitive kutembea)

1. to walk

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tembea
Positive present -natembea Subjunctive -tembee Negative -tembei Imperative singular tembea
Infinitives
Positive kutembea Negative kutotembea
Imperatives
Singular tembea Plural tembeeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutembea Positive past positive subject concord + -litembea Negative past negative subject concord + -kutembea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natembea) Singular Plural 1st person ninatembea/natembea tunatembea 2nd person unatembea mnatembea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatembea wanatembea other classes positive subject concord + -natembea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tembei) Singular Plural 1st person sitembei hatutembei 2nd person hutembei hamtembei 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatembei hawatembei other classes negative subject concord + -tembei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatembea Negative future negative subject concord + -tatembea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tembee) Singular Plural 1st person nitembee tutembee 2nd person utembee mtembee 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atembee watembee other classes positive subject concord + -tembee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitembee Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetembea Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetembea Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitembea Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitembea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atembea) Singular Plural 1st person natembea twatembea 2nd person watembea mwatembea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atembea watembea m-mi(III/IV) watembea yatembea ji-ma(V/VI) latembea yatembea ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatembea vyatembea n(IX/X) yatembea zatembea u(XI) watembea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatembea pa(XVI) patembea mu(XVIII) mwatembea
Perfect positive subject concord + -metembea "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatembea "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatembea "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitembea "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotembea Consecutive katembea / positive subject concord + -katembea Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katembee
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitembea -tutembea 2nd person -kutembea -watembea/-kutembeeni/-watembeeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtembea -watembea m-mi(III/IV) -utembea -itembea ji-ma(V/VI) -litembea -yatembea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitembea -vitembea n(IX/X) -itembea -zitembea u(XI) -utembea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutembea pa(XVI) -patembea mu(XVIII) -mutembea Reflexive -jitembea
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tembea- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tembeaye -tembeao m-mi(III/IV) -tembeao -tembeayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tembealo -tembeayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tembeacho -tembeavyo n(IX/X) -tembeayo -tembeazo u(XI) -tembeao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tembeako pa(XVI) -tembeapo mu(XVIII) -tembeamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tembea) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetembea -otembea m-mi(III/IV) -otembea -yotembea ji-ma(V/VI) -lotembea -yotembea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotembea -vyotembea n(IX/X) -yotembea -zotembea u(XI) -otembea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotembea pa(XVI) -potembea mu(XVIII) -motembea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -tembelea (“to visit”)
  • Causative: -tembeza (“to show around”)

• Nominal derivations:
  • matembezi (“stroll, walk”)
  • utembezi