tegemea

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tegemea (infinitive kutegemea)

1. to depend on something or someone (to rely on; to trust)
2. to anticipate something

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tegemea
Positive present -nategemea Subjunctive -tegemee Negative -tegemei Imperative singular tegemea
Infinitives
Positive kutegemea Negative kutotegemea
Imperatives
Singular tegemea Plural tegemeeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutegemea Positive past positive subject concord + -litegemea Negative past negative subject concord + -kutegemea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nategemea) Singular Plural 1st person ninategemea/nategemea tunategemea 2nd person unategemea mnategemea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anategemea wanategemea other classes positive subject concord + -nategemea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tegemei) Singular Plural 1st person sitegemei hatutegemei 2nd person hutegemei hamtegemei 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hategemei hawategemei other classes negative subject concord + -tegemei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tategemea Negative future negative subject concord + -tategemea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tegemee) Singular Plural 1st person nitegemee tutegemee 2nd person utegemee mtegemee 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ategemee wategemee other classes positive subject concord + -tegemee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitegemee Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetegemea Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetegemea Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitegemea Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitegemea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ategemea) Singular Plural 1st person nategemea twategemea 2nd person wategemea mwategemea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ategemea wategemea m-mi(III/IV) wategemea yategemea ji-ma(V/VI) lategemea yategemea ki-vi(VII/VIII) chategemea vyategemea n(IX/X) yategemea zategemea u(XI) wategemea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwategemea pa(XVI) pategemea mu(XVIII) mwategemea
Perfect positive subject concord + -metegemea "Already" positive subject concord + -meshategemea "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jategemea "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitegemea "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotegemea Consecutive kategemea / positive subject concord + -kategemea Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kategemee
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitegemea -tutegemea 2nd person -kutegemea -wategemea/-kutegemeeni/-wategemeeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtegemea -wategemea m-mi(III/IV) -utegemea -itegemea ji-ma(V/VI) -litegemea -yategemea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitegemea -vitegemea n(IX/X) -itegemea -zitegemea u(XI) -utegemea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutegemea pa(XVI) -pategemea mu(XVIII) -mutegemea Reflexive -jitegemea
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tegemea- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tegemeaye -tegemeao m-mi(III/IV) -tegemeao -tegemeayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tegemealo -tegemeayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tegemeacho -tegemeavyo n(IX/X) -tegemeayo -tegemeazo u(XI) -tegemeao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tegemeako pa(XVI) -tegemeapo mu(XVIII) -tegemeamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tegemea) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetegemea -otegemea m-mi(III/IV) -otegemea -yotegemea ji-ma(V/VI) -lotegemea -yotegemea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotegemea -vyotegemea n(IX/X) -yotegemea -zotegemea u(XI) -otegemea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotegemea pa(XVI) -potegemea mu(XVIII) -motegemea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -tegemeza
  • Passive: -tegemewa
  • Reciprocal: -tegemeana
  • Stative: -tegemeka

• Nominal derivations:
  • tegemeo (“support, expectation”)