zeesha

Swahili

Etymology

From -zee +‎ -esha (causative affix).

Verb

-zeesha (infinitive kuzeesha)

1. to make to become old

Conjugation

Conjugation of -zeesha
Positive present -nazeesha Subjunctive -zeeshe Negative -zeeshi Imperative singular zeesha
Infinitives
Positive kuzeesha Negative kutozeesha
Imperatives
Singular zeesha Plural zeesheni
Tensed forms
Habitual huzeesha Positive past positive subject concord + -lizeesha Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzeesha
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazeesha) Singular Plural 1st person ninazeesha/nazeesha tunazeesha 2nd person unazeesha mnazeesha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazeesha wanazeesha other classes positive subject concord + -nazeesha
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zeeshi) Singular Plural 1st person sizeeshi hatuzeeshi 2nd person huzeeshi hamzeeshi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazeeshi hawazeeshi other classes negative subject concord + -zeeshi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazeesha Negative future negative subject concord + -tazeesha
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zeeshe) Singular Plural 1st person nizeeshe tuzeeshe 2nd person uzeeshe mzeeshe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azeeshe wazeeshe other classes positive subject concord + -zeeshe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizeeshe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezeesha Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezeesha Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizeesha Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizeesha
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azeesha) Singular Plural 1st person nazeesha twazeesha 2nd person wazeesha mwazeesha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) azeesha wazeesha m-mi(III/IV) wazeesha yazeesha ji-ma(V/VI) lazeesha yazeesha ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazeesha vyazeesha n(IX/X) yazeesha zazeesha u(XI) wazeesha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwazeesha pa(XVI) pazeesha mu(XVIII) mwazeesha
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezeesha "Already" positive subject concord + -meshazeesha "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazeesha "If/When" positive subject concord + -kizeesha "If not" positive subject concord + -sipozeesha Consecutive kazeesha / positive subject concord + -kazeesha Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazeeshe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nizeesha -tuzeesha 2nd person -kuzeesha -wazeesha/-kuzeesheni/-wazeesheni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzeesha -wazeesha m-mi(III/IV) -uzeesha -izeesha ji-ma(V/VI) -lizeesha -yazeesha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizeesha -vizeesha n(IX/X) -izeesha -zizeesha u(XI) -uzeesha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuzeesha pa(XVI) -pazeesha mu(XVIII) -muzeesha Reflexive -jizeesha
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zeesha- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -zeeshaye -zeeshao m-mi(III/IV) -zeeshao -zeeshayo ji-ma(V/VI) -zeeshalo -zeeshayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zeeshacho -zeeshavyo n(IX/X) -zeeshayo -zeeshazo u(XI) -zeeshao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -zeeshako pa(XVI) -zeeshapo mu(XVIII) -zeeshamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zeesha) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yezeesha -ozeesha m-mi(III/IV) -ozeesha -yozeesha ji-ma(V/VI) -lozeesha -yozeesha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozeesha -vyozeesha n(IX/X) -yozeesha -zozeesha u(XI) -ozeesha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kozeesha pa(XVI) -pozeesha mu(XVIII) -mozeesha
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.