ongelea

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-ongelea (infinitive kuongelea)

1. Applicative form of -ongea: to talk about

Conjugation

Conjugation of -ongelea
Positive present -naongelea Subjunctive -ongelee Negative -ongelei Imperative singular ongelea
Infinitives
Positive kuongelea Negative kutoongelea
Imperatives
Singular ongelea Plural ongeleeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huongelea Positive past positive subject concord + -liongelea Negative past negative subject concord + -kuongelea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naongelea) Singular Plural 1st person ninaongelea/naongelea tunaongelea 2nd person unaongelea mnaongelea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaongelea wanaongelea other classes positive subject concord + -naongelea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -ongelei) Singular Plural 1st person siongelei hatuongelei 2nd person huongelei hamwongelei 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haongelei hawaongelei other classes negative subject concord + -ongelei
Positive future positive subject concord + -taongelea Negative future negative subject concord + -taongelea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -ongelee) Singular Plural 1st person niongelee tuongelee 2nd person uongelee mwongelee 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aongelee waongelee other classes positive subject concord + -ongelee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siongelee Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeongelea Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeongelea Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliongelea Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliongelea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aongelea) Singular Plural 1st person naongelea twaongelea 2nd person waongelea mwaongelea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aongelea waongelea m-mi(III/IV) waongelea yaongelea ji-ma(V/VI) laongelea yaongelea ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaongelea vyaongelea n(IX/X) yaongelea zaongelea u(XI) waongelea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaongelea pa(XVI) paongelea mu(XVIII) mwaongelea
Perfect positive subject concord + -meongelea "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaongelea "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaongelea "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiongelea "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoongelea Consecutive kaongelea / positive subject concord + -kaongelea Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaongelee
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niongelea -tuongelea 2nd person -kuongelea -waongelea/-kuongeleeni/-waongeleeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwongelea -waongelea m-mi(III/IV) -uongelea -iongelea ji-ma(V/VI) -liongelea -yaongelea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiongelea -viongelea n(IX/X) -iongelea -ziongelea u(XI) -uongelea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuongelea pa(XVI) -paongelea mu(XVIII) -muongelea Reflexive -jiongelea
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -ongelea- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -ongeleaye -ongeleao m-mi(III/IV) -ongeleao -ongeleayo ji-ma(V/VI) -ongelealo -ongeleayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -ongeleacho -ongeleavyo n(IX/X) -ongeleayo -ongeleazo u(XI) -ongeleao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -ongeleako pa(XVI) -ongeleapo mu(XVIII) -ongeleamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -ongelea) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeongelea -oongelea m-mi(III/IV) -oongelea -yoongelea ji-ma(V/VI) -loongelea -yoongelea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choongelea -vyoongelea n(IX/X) -yoongelea -zoongelea u(XI) -oongelea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koongelea pa(XVI) -poongelea mu(XVIII) -moongelea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.