vunjwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-vunjwa (infinitive kuvunjwa)

1. Passive form of -vunja

Conjugation

Conjugation of -vunjwa
Positive present -navunjwa Subjunctive -vunjwe Negative -vunjwi Imperative singular vunjwa
Infinitives
Positive kuvunjwa Negative kutovunjwa
Imperatives
Singular vunjwa Plural vunjweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huvunjwa Positive past positive subject concord + -livunjwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuvunjwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -navunjwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninavunjwa/navunjwa tunavunjwa 2nd person unavunjwa mnavunjwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anavunjwa wanavunjwa other classes positive subject concord + -navunjwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -vunjwi) Singular Plural 1st person sivunjwi hatuvunjwi 2nd person huvunjwi hamvunjwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) havunjwi hawavunjwi other classes negative subject concord + -vunjwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tavunjwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tavunjwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -vunjwe) Singular Plural 1st person nivunjwe tuvunjwe 2nd person uvunjwe mvunjwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) avunjwe wavunjwe other classes positive subject concord + -vunjwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sivunjwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngevunjwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singevunjwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalivunjwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalivunjwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -avunjwa) Singular Plural 1st person navunjwa twavunjwa 2nd person wavunjwa mwavunjwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) avunjwa wavunjwa m-mi(III/IV) wavunjwa yavunjwa ji-ma(V/VI) lavunjwa yavunjwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chavunjwa vyavunjwa n(IX/X) yavunjwa zavunjwa u(XI) wavunjwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwavunjwa pa(XVI) pavunjwa mu(XVIII) mwavunjwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mevunjwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshavunjwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -javunjwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kivunjwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipovunjwa Consecutive kavunjwa / positive subject concord + -kavunjwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kavunjwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nivunjwa -tuvunjwa 2nd person -kuvunjwa -wavunjwa/-kuvunjweni/-wavunjweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mvunjwa -wavunjwa m-mi(III/IV) -uvunjwa -ivunjwa ji-ma(V/VI) -livunjwa -yavunjwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kivunjwa -vivunjwa n(IX/X) -ivunjwa -zivunjwa u(XI) -uvunjwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuvunjwa pa(XVI) -pavunjwa mu(XVIII) -muvunjwa Reflexive -jivunjwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -vunjwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -vunjwaye -vunjwao m-mi(III/IV) -vunjwao -vunjwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -vunjwalo -vunjwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -vunjwacho -vunjwavyo n(IX/X) -vunjwayo -vunjwazo u(XI) -vunjwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -vunjwako pa(XVI) -vunjwapo mu(XVIII) -vunjwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -vunjwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yevunjwa -ovunjwa m-mi(III/IV) -ovunjwa -yovunjwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lovunjwa -yovunjwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chovunjwa -vyovunjwa n(IX/X) -yovunjwa -zovunjwa u(XI) -ovunjwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kovunjwa pa(XVI) -povunjwa mu(XVIII) -movunjwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.