zuiwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-zuiwa (infinitive kuzuiwa)

1. Passive form of -zuia: to get obstructed, to get stopped

Conjugation

Conjugation of -zuiwa
Positive present -nazuiwa Subjunctive -zuiwe Negative -zuiwi Imperative singular zuiwa
Infinitives
Positive kuzuiwa Negative kutozuiwa
Imperatives
Singular zuiwa Plural zuiweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huzuiwa Positive past positive subject concord + -lizuiwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzuiwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazuiwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninazuiwa/nazuiwa tunazuiwa 2nd person unazuiwa mnazuiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazuiwa wanazuiwa other classes positive subject concord + -nazuiwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zuiwi) Singular Plural 1st person sizuiwi hatuzuiwi 2nd person huzuiwi hamzuiwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazuiwi hawazuiwi other classes negative subject concord + -zuiwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazuiwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tazuiwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zuiwe) Singular Plural 1st person nizuiwe tuzuiwe 2nd person uzuiwe mzuiwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azuiwe wazuiwe other classes positive subject concord + -zuiwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizuiwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezuiwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezuiwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizuiwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizuiwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azuiwa) Singular Plural 1st person nazuiwa twazuiwa 2nd person wazuiwa mwazuiwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azuiwa wazuiwa m-mi(III/IV) wazuiwa yazuiwa ji-ma(V/VI) lazuiwa yazuiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazuiwa vyazuiwa n(IX/X) yazuiwa zazuiwa u(XI) wazuiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwazuiwa pa(XVI) pazuiwa mu(XVIII) mwazuiwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezuiwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshazuiwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazuiwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kizuiwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipozuiwa Consecutive kazuiwa / positive subject concord + -kazuiwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazuiwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nizuiwa -tuzuiwa 2nd person -kuzuiwa -wazuiwa/-kuzuiweni/-wazuiweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzuiwa -wazuiwa m-mi(III/IV) -uzuiwa -izuiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lizuiwa -yazuiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizuiwa -vizuiwa n(IX/X) -izuiwa -zizuiwa u(XI) -uzuiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuzuiwa pa(XVI) -pazuiwa mu(XVIII) -muzuiwa Reflexive -jizuiwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zuiwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -zuiwaye -zuiwao m-mi(III/IV) -zuiwao -zuiwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -zuiwalo -zuiwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zuiwacho -zuiwavyo n(IX/X) -zuiwayo -zuiwazo u(XI) -zuiwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -zuiwako pa(XVI) -zuiwapo mu(XVIII) -zuiwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zuiwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yezuiwa -ozuiwa m-mi(III/IV) -ozuiwa -yozuiwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lozuiwa -yozuiwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozuiwa -vyozuiwa n(IX/X) -yozuiwa -zozuiwa u(XI) -ozuiwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kozuiwa pa(XVI) -pozuiwa mu(XVIII) -mozuiwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.