zaliwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-zaliwa (infinitive kuzaliwa)

1. Passive form of -zaa: to be born

Conjugation

Conjugation of -zaliwa
Positive present -nazaliwa Subjunctive -zaliwe Negative -zaliwi Imperative singular zaliwa
Infinitives
Positive kuzaliwa Negative kutozaliwa
Imperatives
Singular zaliwa Plural zaliweni
Tensed forms
Habitual huzaliwa Positive past positive subject concord + -lizaliwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzaliwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazaliwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninazaliwa/nazaliwa tunazaliwa 2nd person unazaliwa mnazaliwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazaliwa wanazaliwa other classes positive subject concord + -nazaliwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zaliwi) Singular Plural 1st person sizaliwi hatuzaliwi 2nd person huzaliwi hamzaliwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazaliwi hawazaliwi other classes negative subject concord + -zaliwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazaliwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tazaliwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zaliwe) Singular Plural 1st person nizaliwe tuzaliwe 2nd person uzaliwe mzaliwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azaliwe wazaliwe other classes positive subject concord + -zaliwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizaliwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezaliwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezaliwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizaliwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizaliwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azaliwa) Singular Plural 1st person nazaliwa twazaliwa 2nd person wazaliwa mwazaliwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azaliwa wazaliwa m-mi(III/IV) wazaliwa yazaliwa ji-ma(V/VI) lazaliwa yazaliwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazaliwa vyazaliwa n(IX/X) yazaliwa zazaliwa u(XI) wazaliwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwazaliwa pa(XVI) pazaliwa mu(XVIII) mwazaliwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezaliwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshazaliwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazaliwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kizaliwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipozaliwa Consecutive kazaliwa / positive subject concord + -kazaliwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazaliwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nizaliwa -tuzaliwa 2nd person -kuzaliwa -wazaliwa/-kuzaliweni/-wazaliweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzaliwa -wazaliwa m-mi(III/IV) -uzaliwa -izaliwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lizaliwa -yazaliwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizaliwa -vizaliwa n(IX/X) -izaliwa -zizaliwa u(XI) -uzaliwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuzaliwa pa(XVI) -pazaliwa mu(XVIII) -muzaliwa Reflexive -jizaliwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zaliwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -zaliwaye -zaliwao m-mi(III/IV) -zaliwao -zaliwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -zaliwalo -zaliwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zaliwacho -zaliwavyo n(IX/X) -zaliwayo -zaliwazo u(XI) -zaliwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -zaliwako pa(XVI) -zaliwapo mu(XVIII) -zaliwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zaliwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yezaliwa -ozaliwa m-mi(III/IV) -ozaliwa -yozaliwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lozaliwa -yozaliwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozaliwa -vyozaliwa n(IX/X) -yozaliwa -zozaliwa u(XI) -ozaliwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kozaliwa pa(XVI) -pozaliwa mu(XVIII) -mozaliwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • mzaliwa (“native”)