tengenezwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tengenezwa (infinitive kutengenezwa)

1. Passive form of -tengeneza

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tengenezwa
Positive present -natengenezwa Subjunctive -tengenezwe Negative -tengenezwi Imperative singular tengenezwa
Infinitives
Positive kutengenezwa Negative kutotengenezwa
Imperatives
Singular tengenezwa Plural tengenezweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutengenezwa Positive past positive subject concord + -litengenezwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kutengenezwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natengenezwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninatengenezwa/natengenezwa tunatengenezwa 2nd person unatengenezwa mnatengenezwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatengenezwa wanatengenezwa other classes positive subject concord + -natengenezwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tengenezwi) Singular Plural 1st person sitengenezwi hatutengenezwi 2nd person hutengenezwi hamtengenezwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatengenezwi hawatengenezwi other classes negative subject concord + -tengenezwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatengenezwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tatengenezwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tengenezwe) Singular Plural 1st person nitengenezwe tutengenezwe 2nd person utengenezwe mtengenezwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atengenezwe watengenezwe other classes positive subject concord + -tengenezwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitengenezwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetengenezwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetengenezwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitengenezwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitengenezwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atengenezwa) Singular Plural 1st person natengenezwa twatengenezwa 2nd person watengenezwa mwatengenezwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atengenezwa watengenezwa m-mi(III/IV) watengenezwa yatengenezwa ji-ma(V/VI) latengenezwa yatengenezwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatengenezwa vyatengenezwa n(IX/X) yatengenezwa zatengenezwa u(XI) watengenezwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatengenezwa pa(XVI) patengenezwa mu(XVIII) mwatengenezwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -metengenezwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatengenezwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatengenezwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitengenezwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotengenezwa Consecutive katengenezwa / positive subject concord + -katengenezwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katengenezwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitengenezwa -tutengenezwa 2nd person -kutengenezwa -watengenezwa/-kutengenezweni/-watengenezweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtengenezwa -watengenezwa m-mi(III/IV) -utengenezwa -itengenezwa ji-ma(V/VI) -litengenezwa -yatengenezwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitengenezwa -vitengenezwa n(IX/X) -itengenezwa -zitengenezwa u(XI) -utengenezwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutengenezwa pa(XVI) -patengenezwa mu(XVIII) -mutengenezwa Reflexive -jitengenezwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tengenezwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tengenezwaye -tengenezwao m-mi(III/IV) -tengenezwao -tengenezwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tengenezwalo -tengenezwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tengenezwacho -tengenezwavyo n(IX/X) -tengenezwayo -tengenezwazo u(XI) -tengenezwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tengenezwako pa(XVI) -tengenezwapo mu(XVIII) -tengenezwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tengenezwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetengenezwa -otengenezwa m-mi(III/IV) -otengenezwa -yotengenezwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lotengenezwa -yotengenezwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotengenezwa -vyotengenezwa n(IX/X) -yotengenezwa -zotengenezwa u(XI) -otengenezwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotengenezwa pa(XVI) -potengenezwa mu(XVIII) -motengenezwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.