tembelea

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tembelea (infinitive kutembelea)

1. Applicative form of -tembea: to visit

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tembelea
Positive present -natembelea Subjunctive -tembelee Negative -tembelei Imperative singular tembelea
Infinitives
Positive kutembelea Negative kutotembelea
Imperatives
Singular tembelea Plural tembeleeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutembelea Positive past positive subject concord + -litembelea Negative past negative subject concord + -kutembelea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natembelea) Singular Plural 1st person ninatembelea/natembelea tunatembelea 2nd person unatembelea mnatembelea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatembelea wanatembelea other classes positive subject concord + -natembelea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tembelei) Singular Plural 1st person sitembelei hatutembelei 2nd person hutembelei hamtembelei 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatembelei hawatembelei other classes negative subject concord + -tembelei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatembelea Negative future negative subject concord + -tatembelea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tembelee) Singular Plural 1st person nitembelee tutembelee 2nd person utembelee mtembelee 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atembelee watembelee other classes positive subject concord + -tembelee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitembelee Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetembelea Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetembelea Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitembelea Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitembelea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atembelea) Singular Plural 1st person natembelea twatembelea 2nd person watembelea mwatembelea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atembelea watembelea m-mi(III/IV) watembelea yatembelea ji-ma(V/VI) latembelea yatembelea ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatembelea vyatembelea n(IX/X) yatembelea zatembelea u(XI) watembelea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatembelea pa(XVI) patembelea mu(XVIII) mwatembelea
Perfect positive subject concord + -metembelea "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatembelea "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatembelea "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitembelea "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotembelea Consecutive katembelea / positive subject concord + -katembelea Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katembelee
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitembelea -tutembelea 2nd person -kutembelea -watembelea/-kutembeleeni/-watembeleeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtembelea -watembelea m-mi(III/IV) -utembelea -itembelea ji-ma(V/VI) -litembelea -yatembelea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitembelea -vitembelea n(IX/X) -itembelea -zitembelea u(XI) -utembelea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutembelea pa(XVI) -patembelea mu(XVIII) -mutembelea Reflexive -jitembelea
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tembelea- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tembeleaye -tembeleao m-mi(III/IV) -tembeleao -tembeleayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tembelealo -tembeleayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tembeleacho -tembeleavyo n(IX/X) -tembeleayo -tembeleazo u(XI) -tembeleao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tembeleako pa(XVI) -tembeleapo mu(XVIII) -tembeleamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tembelea) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetembelea -otembelea m-mi(III/IV) -otembelea -yotembelea ji-ma(V/VI) -lotembelea -yotembelea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotembelea -vyotembelea n(IX/X) -yotembelea -zotembelea u(XI) -otembelea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotembelea pa(XVI) -potembelea mu(XVIII) -motembelea
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:
  • Reciprocal: -tembeleana

• Nominal derivations:
  • mtembeleaji (“visitor”)