ombea

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-ombea (infinitive kuombea)

1. Applicative form of -omba

Conjugation

Conjugation of -ombea
Positive present -naombea Subjunctive -ombee Negative -ombei Imperative singular ombea
Infinitives
Positive kuombea Negative kutoombea
Imperatives
Singular ombea Plural ombeeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huombea Positive past positive subject concord + -liombea Negative past negative subject concord + -kuombea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naombea) Singular Plural 1st person ninaombea/naombea tunaombea 2nd person unaombea mnaombea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaombea wanaombea other classes positive subject concord + -naombea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -ombei) Singular Plural 1st person siombei hatuombei 2nd person huombei hamwombei 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haombei hawaombei other classes negative subject concord + -ombei
Positive future positive subject concord + -taombea Negative future negative subject concord + -taombea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -ombee) Singular Plural 1st person niombee tuombee 2nd person uombee mwombee 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aombee waombee other classes positive subject concord + -ombee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siombee Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeombea Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeombea Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliombea Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliombea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aombea) Singular Plural 1st person naombea twaombea 2nd person waombea mwaombea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aombea waombea m-mi(III/IV) waombea yaombea ji-ma(V/VI) laombea yaombea ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaombea vyaombea n(IX/X) yaombea zaombea u(XI) waombea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaombea pa(XVI) paombea mu(XVIII) mwaombea
Perfect positive subject concord + -meombea "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaombea "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaombea "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiombea "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoombea Consecutive kaombea / positive subject concord + -kaombea Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaombee
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niombea -tuombea 2nd person -kuombea -waombea/-kuombeeni/-waombeeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwombea -waombea m-mi(III/IV) -uombea -iombea ji-ma(V/VI) -liombea -yaombea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiombea -viombea n(IX/X) -iombea -ziombea u(XI) -uombea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuombea pa(XVI) -paombea mu(XVIII) -muombea Reflexive -jiombea
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -ombea- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -ombeaye -ombeao m-mi(III/IV) -ombeao -ombeayo ji-ma(V/VI) -ombealo -ombeayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -ombeacho -ombeavyo n(IX/X) -ombeayo -ombeazo u(XI) -ombeao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -ombeako pa(XVI) -ombeapo mu(XVIII) -ombeamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -ombea) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeombea -oombea m-mi(III/IV) -oombea -yoombea ji-ma(V/VI) -loombea -yoombea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choombea -vyoombea n(IX/X) -yoombea -zoombea u(XI) -oombea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koombea pa(XVI) -poombea mu(XVIII) -moombea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.