kosea

Swahili

Verb

-kosea (infinitive kukosea)

1. Applicative form of -kosa

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kosea
Positive present -nakosea Subjunctive -kosee Negative -kosei Imperative singular kosea
Infinitives
Positive kukosea Negative kutokosea
Imperatives
Singular kosea Plural koseeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukosea Positive past positive subject concord + -likosea Negative past negative subject concord + -kukosea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakosea) Singular Plural 1st person ninakosea/nakosea tunakosea 2nd person unakosea mnakosea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakosea wanakosea other classes positive subject concord + -nakosea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kosei) Singular Plural 1st person sikosei hatukosei 2nd person hukosei hamkosei 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakosei hawakosei other classes negative subject concord + -kosei
Positive future positive subject concord + -takosea Negative future negative subject concord + -takosea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kosee) Singular Plural 1st person nikosee tukosee 2nd person ukosee mkosee 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akosee wakosee other classes positive subject concord + -kosee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikosee Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekosea Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekosea Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikosea Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikosea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akosea) Singular Plural 1st person nakosea twakosea 2nd person wakosea mwakosea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akosea wakosea m-mi(III/IV) wakosea yakosea ji-ma(V/VI) lakosea yakosea ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakosea vyakosea n(IX/X) yakosea zakosea u(XI) wakosea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwakosea pa(XVI) pakosea mu(XVIII) mwakosea
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekosea "Already" positive subject concord + -meshakosea "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakosea "If/When" positive subject concord + -kikosea "If not" positive subject concord + -sipokosea Consecutive kakosea / positive subject concord + -kakosea Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakosee
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nikosea -tukosea 2nd person -kukosea -wakosea/-kukoseeni/-wakoseeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkosea -wakosea m-mi(III/IV) -ukosea -ikosea ji-ma(V/VI) -likosea -yakosea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikosea -vikosea n(IX/X) -ikosea -zikosea u(XI) -ukosea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kukosea pa(XVI) -pakosea mu(XVIII) -mukosea Reflexive -jikosea
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kosea- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -koseaye -koseao m-mi(III/IV) -koseao -koseayo ji-ma(V/VI) -kosealo -koseayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -koseacho -koseavyo n(IX/X) -koseayo -koseazo u(XI) -koseao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koseako pa(XVI) -koseapo mu(XVIII) -koseamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kosea) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yekosea -okosea m-mi(III/IV) -okosea -yokosea ji-ma(V/VI) -lokosea -yokosea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokosea -vyokosea n(IX/X) -yokosea -zokosea u(XI) -okosea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kokosea pa(XVI) -pokosea mu(XVIII) -mokosea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.