Swahili
Pronunciation
Verb
-tembeza (infinitive kutembeza)
- Causative form of -tembea: to show around
Conjugation
| Conjugation of -tembeza
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| Positive present
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-natembeza
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| Subjunctive
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-tembeze
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| Negative
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-tembezi
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| Imperative singular
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tembeza
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| Infinitives
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| Imperatives
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| Singular
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tembeza
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| Plural
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tembezeni
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| Tensed forms
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| Habitual
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hutembeza
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| Positive past
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positive subject concord + -litembeza
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| Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kutembeza
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -natembeza)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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ninatembeza/natembeza
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tunatembeza
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| 2nd person
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unatembeza
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mnatembeza
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anatembeza
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wanatembeza
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| other classes
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positive subject concord + -natembeza
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -tembezi)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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sitembezi
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hatutembezi
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| 2nd person
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hutembezi
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hamtembezi
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hatembezi
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hawatembezi
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| other classes
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negative subject concord + -tembezi
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| Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tatembeza
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| Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tatembeza
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tembeze)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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nitembeze
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tutembeze
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| 2nd person
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utembeze
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mtembeze
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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atembeze
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watembeze
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| other classes
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positive subject concord + -tembeze
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| Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sitembeze
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| Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngetembeza
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| Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singetembeza
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| Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalitembeza
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| Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalitembeza
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| Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atembeza)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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natembeza
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twatembeza
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| 2nd person
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watembeza
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mwatembeza
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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atembeza
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watembeza
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| m-mi(III/IV)
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watembeza
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yatembeza
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| ji-ma(V/VI)
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latembeza
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yatembeza
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| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
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chatembeza
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vyatembeza
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| n(IX/X)
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yatembeza
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zatembeza
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| u(XI)
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watembeza
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see n(X) or ma(VI) class
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| ku(XV/XVII)
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kwatembeza
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| pa(XVI)
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patembeza
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| mu(XVIII)
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mwatembeza
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| Perfect
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positive subject concord + -metembeza
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| "Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshatembeza
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| "Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jatembeza
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| "If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kitembeza
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| "If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipotembeza
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| Consecutive
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katembeza / positive subject concord + -katembeza
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| Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -katembeze
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| Object concord (indicative positive)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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-nitembeza
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-tutembeza
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| 2nd person
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-kutembeza
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-watembeza/-kutembezeni/-watembezeni
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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-mtembeza
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-watembeza
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| m-mi(III/IV)
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-utembeza
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-itembeza
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| ji-ma(V/VI)
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-litembeza
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-yatembeza
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| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
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-kitembeza
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-vitembeza
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| n(IX/X)
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-itembeza
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-zitembeza
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| u(XI)
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-utembeza
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see n(X) or ma(VI) class
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| ku(XV/XVII)
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-kutembeza
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| pa(XVI)
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-patembeza
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| mu(XVIII)
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-mutembeza
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| Reflexive
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-jitembeza
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| Relative forms
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| General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tembeza- + relative marker)
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Singular
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Plural
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| m-wa(I/II)
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-tembezaye
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-tembezao
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| m-mi(III/IV)
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-tembezao
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-tembezayo
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| ji-ma(V/VI)
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-tembezalo
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-tembezayo
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| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
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-tembezacho
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-tembezavyo
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| n(IX/X)
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-tembezayo
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-tembezazo
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| u(XI)
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-tembezao
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see n(X) or ma(VI) class
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| ku(XV/XVII)
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-tembezako
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| pa(XVI)
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-tembezapo
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| mu(XVIII)
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-tembezamo
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| Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tembeza)
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Singular
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Plural
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| m-wa(I/II)
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-yetembeza
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-otembeza
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| m-mi(III/IV)
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-otembeza
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-yotembeza
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| ji-ma(V/VI)
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-lotembeza
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-yotembeza
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| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
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-chotembeza
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-vyotembeza
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| n(IX/X)
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-yotembeza
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-zotembeza
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| u(XI)
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-otembeza
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see n(X) or ma(VI) class
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| ku(XV/XVII)
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-kotembeza
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| pa(XVI)
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-potembeza
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| mu(XVIII)
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-motembeza
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| Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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