zingira

Swahili

Pronunciation
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Verb

-zingira (infinitive kuzingira)

  1. to round up
  2. to surround

Conjugation
Conjugation of -zingira
Positive present -nazingira
Subjunctive -zingire
Negative -zingiri
Imperative singular zingira
Infinitives
Positive kuzingira
Negative kutozingira
Imperatives
Singular zingira
Plural zingireni
Tensed forms
Habitual huzingira
Positive past positive subject concord + -lizingira
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzingira
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazingira)
Singular Plural
1st person ninazingira/nazingira tunazingira
2nd person unazingira mnazingira
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazingira wanazingira
other classes positive subject concord + -nazingira
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zingiri)
Singular Plural
1st person sizingiri hatuzingiri
2nd person huzingiri hamzingiri
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazingiri hawazingiri
other classes negative subject concord + -zingiri
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazingira
Negative future negative subject concord + -tazingira
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zingire)
Singular Plural
1st person nizingire tuzingire
2nd person uzingire mzingire
3rd person m-wa(I/II) azingire wazingire
other classes positive subject concord + -zingire
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizingire
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezingira
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezingira
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizingira
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizingira
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azingira)
Singular Plural
1st person nazingira twazingira
2nd person wazingira mwazingira
3rd person m-wa(I/II) azingira wazingira
m-mi(III/IV) wazingira yazingira
ji-ma(V/VI) lazingira yazingira
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazingira vyazingira
n(IX/X) yazingira zazingira
u(XI) wazingira see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwazingira
pa(XVI) pazingira
mu(XVIII) mwazingira
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezingira
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshazingira
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazingira
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kizingira
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipozingira
Consecutive kazingira / positive subject concord + -kazingira
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazingire
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nizingira -tuzingira
2nd person -kuzingira -wazingira/-kuzingireni/-wazingireni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzingira -wazingira
m-mi(III/IV) -uzingira -izingira
ji-ma(V/VI) -lizingira -yazingira
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizingira -vizingira
n(IX/X) -izingira -zizingira
u(XI) -uzingira see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuzingira
pa(XVI) -pazingira
mu(XVIII) -muzingira
Reflexive -jizingira
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zingira- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -zingiraye -zingirao
m-mi(III/IV) -zingirao -zingirayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -zingiralo -zingirayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zingiracho -zingiravyo
n(IX/X) -zingirayo -zingirazo
u(XI) -zingirao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -zingirako
pa(XVI) -zingirapo
mu(XVIII) -zingiramo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zingira)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yezingira -ozingira
m-mi(III/IV) -ozingira -yozingira
ji-ma(V/VI) -lozingira -yozingira
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozingira -vyozingira
n(IX/X) -yozingira -zozingira
u(XI) -ozingira see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kozingira
pa(XVI) -pozingira
mu(XVIII) -mozingira
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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