tazamia

Swahili

Verb

-tazamia (infinitive kutazamia)

  1. Applicative form of -tazama: to anticipate, expect, hope

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tazamia
Positive present -natazamia
Subjunctive -tazamie
Negative -tazamii
Imperative singular tazamia
Infinitives
Positive kutazamia
Negative kutotazamia
Imperatives
Singular tazamia
Plural tazamieni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutazamia
Positive past positive subject concord + -litazamia
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutazamia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natazamia)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatazamia/natazamia tunatazamia
2nd person unatazamia mnatazamia
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatazamia wanatazamia
other classes positive subject concord + -natazamia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tazamii)
Singular Plural
1st person sitazamii hatutazamii
2nd person hutazamii hamtazamii
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatazamii hawatazamii
other classes negative subject concord + -tazamii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatazamia
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatazamia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tazamie)
Singular Plural
1st person nitazamie tutazamie
2nd person utazamie mtazamie
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atazamie watazamie
other classes positive subject concord + -tazamie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitazamie
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetazamia
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetazamia
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitazamia
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitazamia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atazamia)
Singular Plural
1st person natazamia twatazamia
2nd person watazamia mwatazamia
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atazamia watazamia
m-mi(III/IV) watazamia yatazamia
ji-ma(V/VI) latazamia yatazamia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatazamia vyatazamia
n(IX/X) yatazamia zatazamia
u(XI) watazamia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatazamia
pa(XVI) patazamia
mu(XVIII) mwatazamia
Perfect positive subject concord + -metazamia
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatazamia
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatazamia
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitazamia
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotazamia
Consecutive katazamia / positive subject concord + -katazamia
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katazamie
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitazamia -tutazamia
2nd person -kutazamia -watazamia/-kutazamieni/-watazamieni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtazamia -watazamia
m-mi(III/IV) -utazamia -itazamia
ji-ma(V/VI) -litazamia -yatazamia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitazamia -vitazamia
n(IX/X) -itazamia -zitazamia
u(XI) -utazamia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutazamia
pa(XVI) -patazamia
mu(XVIII) -mutazamia
Reflexive -jitazamia
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tazamia- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tazamiaye -tazamiao
m-mi(III/IV) -tazamiao -tazamiayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tazamialo -tazamiayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tazamiacho -tazamiavyo
n(IX/X) -tazamiayo -tazamiazo
u(XI) -tazamiao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tazamiako
pa(XVI) -tazamiapo
mu(XVIII) -tazamiamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tazamia)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetazamia -otazamia
m-mi(III/IV) -otazamia -yotazamia
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotazamia -yotazamia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotazamia -vyotazamia
n(IX/X) -yotazamia -zotazamia
u(XI) -otazamia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotazamia
pa(XVI) -potazamia
mu(XVIII) -motazamia
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

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