egemeza

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-egemeza (infinitive kuegemeza)

1. Causative form of -egemea: to support, to hold up, to prop up

Conjugation

Conjugation of -egemeza
Positive present -naegemeza Subjunctive -egemeze Negative -egemezi Imperative singular egemeza
Infinitives
Positive kuegemeza Negative kutoegemeza
Imperatives
Singular egemeza Plural egemezeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huegemeza Positive past positive subject concord + -liegemeza Negative past negative subject concord + -kuegemeza
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naegemeza) Singular Plural 1st person ninaegemeza/naegemeza tunaegemeza 2nd person unaegemeza mnaegemeza 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaegemeza wanaegemeza other classes positive subject concord + -naegemeza
Negative present (negative subject concord + -egemezi) Singular Plural 1st person siegemezi hatuegemezi 2nd person huegemezi hamwegemezi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haegemezi hawaegemezi other classes negative subject concord + -egemezi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taegemeza Negative future negative subject concord + -taegemeza
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -egemeze) Singular Plural 1st person niegemeze tuegemeze 2nd person uegemeze mwegemeze 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aegemeze waegemeze other classes positive subject concord + -egemeze
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siegemeze Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeegemeza Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeegemeza Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliegemeza Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliegemeza
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aegemeza) Singular Plural 1st person naegemeza twaegemeza 2nd person waegemeza mwaegemeza 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aegemeza waegemeza m-mi(III/IV) waegemeza yaegemeza ji-ma(V/VI) laegemeza yaegemeza ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaegemeza vyaegemeza n(IX/X) yaegemeza zaegemeza u(XI) waegemeza see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaegemeza pa(XVI) paegemeza mu(XVIII) mwaegemeza
Perfect positive subject concord + -meegemeza "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaegemeza "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaegemeza "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiegemeza "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoegemeza Consecutive kaegemeza / positive subject concord + -kaegemeza Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaegemeze
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niegemeza -tuegemeza 2nd person -kuegemeza -waegemeza/-kuegemezeni/-waegemezeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwegemeza -waegemeza m-mi(III/IV) -uegemeza -iegemeza ji-ma(V/VI) -liegemeza -yaegemeza ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiegemeza -viegemeza n(IX/X) -iegemeza -ziegemeza u(XI) -uegemeza see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuegemeza pa(XVI) -paegemeza mu(XVIII) -muegemeza Reflexive -jiegemeza
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -egemeza- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -egemezaye -egemezao m-mi(III/IV) -egemezao -egemezayo ji-ma(V/VI) -egemezalo -egemezayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -egemezacho -egemezavyo n(IX/X) -egemezayo -egemezazo u(XI) -egemezao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -egemezako pa(XVI) -egemezapo mu(XVIII) -egemezamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -egemeza) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeegemeza -oegemeza m-mi(III/IV) -oegemeza -yoegemeza ji-ma(V/VI) -loegemeza -yoegemeza ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choegemeza -vyoegemeza n(IX/X) -yoegemeza -zoegemeza u(XI) -oegemeza see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koegemeza pa(XVI) -poegemeza mu(XVIII) -moegemeza
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.