zembea

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-zembea (infinitive kuzembea)

1. to neglect (to disregard or fail to care for)

Conjugation

Conjugation of -zembea
Positive present -nazembea Subjunctive -zembee Negative -zembei Imperative singular zembea
Infinitives
Positive kuzembea Negative kutozembea
Imperatives
Singular zembea Plural zembeeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huzembea Positive past positive subject concord + -lizembea Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzembea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazembea) Singular Plural 1st person ninazembea/nazembea tunazembea 2nd person unazembea mnazembea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazembea wanazembea other classes positive subject concord + -nazembea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zembei) Singular Plural 1st person sizembei hatuzembei 2nd person huzembei hamzembei 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazembei hawazembei other classes negative subject concord + -zembei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazembea Negative future negative subject concord + -tazembea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zembee) Singular Plural 1st person nizembee tuzembee 2nd person uzembee mzembee 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azembee wazembee other classes positive subject concord + -zembee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizembee Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezembea Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezembea Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizembea Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizembea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azembea) Singular Plural 1st person nazembea twazembea 2nd person wazembea mwazembea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azembea wazembea m-mi(III/IV) wazembea yazembea ji-ma(V/VI) lazembea yazembea ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazembea vyazembea n(IX/X) yazembea zazembea u(XI) wazembea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwazembea pa(XVI) pazembea mu(XVIII) mwazembea
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezembea "Already" positive subject concord + -meshazembea "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazembea "If/When" positive subject concord + -kizembea "If not" positive subject concord + -sipozembea Consecutive kazembea / positive subject concord + -kazembea Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazembee
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nizembea -tuzembea 2nd person -kuzembea -wazembea/-kuzembeeni/-wazembeeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzembea -wazembea m-mi(III/IV) -uzembea -izembea ji-ma(V/VI) -lizembea -yazembea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizembea -vizembea n(IX/X) -izembea -zizembea u(XI) -uzembea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuzembea pa(XVI) -pazembea mu(XVIII) -muzembea Reflexive -jizembea
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zembea- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -zembeaye -zembeao m-mi(III/IV) -zembeao -zembeayo ji-ma(V/VI) -zembealo -zembeayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zembeacho -zembeavyo n(IX/X) -zembeayo -zembeazo u(XI) -zembeao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -zembeako pa(XVI) -zembeapo mu(XVIII) -zembeamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zembea) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yezembea -ozembea m-mi(III/IV) -ozembea -yozembea ji-ma(V/VI) -lozembea -yozembea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozembea -vyozembea n(IX/X) -yozembea -zozembea u(XI) -ozembea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kozembea pa(XVI) -pozembea mu(XVIII) -mozembea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.