wekea

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-wekea (infinitive kuwekea)

1. Applicative form of -weka

Conjugation

Conjugation of -wekea
Positive present -nawekea Subjunctive -wekee Negative -wekei Imperative singular wekea
Infinitives
Positive kuwekea Negative kutowekea
Imperatives
Singular wekea Plural wekeeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huwekea Positive past positive subject concord + -liwekea Negative past negative subject concord + -kuwekea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nawekea) Singular Plural 1st person ninawekea/nawekea tunawekea 2nd person unawekea mnawekea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anawekea wanawekea other classes positive subject concord + -nawekea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -wekei) Singular Plural 1st person siwekei hatuwekei 2nd person huwekei hamuwekei 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hawekei hawawekei other classes negative subject concord + -wekei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tawekea Negative future negative subject concord + -tawekea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -wekee) Singular Plural 1st person niwekee tuwekee 2nd person uwekee muwekee 3rd person m-wa(I/II) awekee wawekee other classes positive subject concord + -wekee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siwekee Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngewekea Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singewekea Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliwekea Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliwekea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -awekea) Singular Plural 1st person nawekea twawekea 2nd person wawekea mwawekea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) awekea wawekea m-mi(III/IV) wawekea yawekea ji-ma(V/VI) lawekea yawekea ki-vi(VII/VIII) chawekea vyawekea n(IX/X) yawekea zawekea u(XI) wawekea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwawekea pa(XVI) pawekea mu(XVIII) mwawekea
Perfect positive subject concord + -mewekea "Already" positive subject concord + -meshawekea "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jawekea "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiwekea "If not" positive subject concord + -sipowekea Consecutive kawekea / positive subject concord + -kawekea Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kawekee
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niwekea -tuwekea 2nd person -kuwekea -wawekea/-kuwekeeni/-wawekeeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -muwekea -wawekea m-mi(III/IV) -uwekea -iwekea ji-ma(V/VI) -liwekea -yawekea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiwekea -viwekea n(IX/X) -iwekea -ziwekea u(XI) -uwekea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuwekea pa(XVI) -pawekea mu(XVIII) -muwekea Reflexive -jiwekea
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -wekea- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -wekeaye -wekeao m-mi(III/IV) -wekeao -wekeayo ji-ma(V/VI) -wekealo -wekeayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -wekeacho -wekeavyo n(IX/X) -wekeayo -wekeazo u(XI) -wekeao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -wekeako pa(XVI) -wekeapo mu(XVIII) -wekeamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -wekea) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yewekea -owekea m-mi(III/IV) -owekea -yowekea ji-ma(V/VI) -lowekea -yowekea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chowekea -vyowekea n(IX/X) -yowekea -zowekea u(XI) -owekea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kowekea pa(XVI) -powekea mu(XVIII) -mowekea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.