sukumia

Swahili

Verb

-sukumia (infinitive kusukumia)

  1. Applicative form of -sukuma

Conjugation

Conjugation of -sukumia
Positive present -nasukumia
Subjunctive -sukumie
Negative -sukumii
Imperative singular sukumia
Infinitives
Positive kusukumia
Negative kutosukumia
Imperatives
Singular sukumia
Plural sukumieni
Tensed forms
Habitual husukumia
Positive past positive subject concord + -lisukumia
Negative past negative subject concord + -kusukumia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasukumia)
Singular Plural
1st person ninasukumia/nasukumia tunasukumia
2nd person unasukumia mnasukumia
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anasukumia wanasukumia
other classes positive subject concord + -nasukumia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -sukumii)
Singular Plural
1st person sisukumii hatusukumii
2nd person husukumii hamsukumii
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hasukumii hawasukumii
other classes negative subject concord + -sukumii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tasukumia
Negative future negative subject concord + -tasukumia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -sukumie)
Singular Plural
1st person nisukumie tusukumie
2nd person usukumie msukumie
3rd person m-wa(I/II) asukumie wasukumie
other classes positive subject concord + -sukumie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sisukumie
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngesukumia
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singesukumia
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalisukumia
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalisukumia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asukumia)
Singular Plural
1st person nasukumia twasukumia
2nd person wasukumia mwasukumia
3rd person m-wa(I/II) asukumia wasukumia
m-mi(III/IV) wasukumia yasukumia
ji-ma(V/VI) lasukumia yasukumia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chasukumia vyasukumia
n(IX/X) yasukumia zasukumia
u(XI) wasukumia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwasukumia
pa(XVI) pasukumia
mu(XVIII) mwasukumia
Perfect positive subject concord + -mesukumia
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshasukumia
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jasukumia
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kisukumia
"If not" positive subject concord + -siposukumia
Consecutive kasukumia / positive subject concord + -kasukumia
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kasukumie
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nisukumia -tusukumia
2nd person -kusukumia -wasukumia/-kusukumieni/-wasukumieni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -msukumia -wasukumia
m-mi(III/IV) -usukumia -isukumia
ji-ma(V/VI) -lisukumia -yasukumia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kisukumia -visukumia
n(IX/X) -isukumia -zisukumia
u(XI) -usukumia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kusukumia
pa(XVI) -pasukumia
mu(XVIII) -musukumia
Reflexive -jisukumia
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -sukumia- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -sukumiaye -sukumiao
m-mi(III/IV) -sukumiao -sukumiayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -sukumialo -sukumiayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -sukumiacho -sukumiavyo
n(IX/X) -sukumiayo -sukumiazo
u(XI) -sukumiao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -sukumiako
pa(XVI) -sukumiapo
mu(XVIII) -sukumiamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -sukumia)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yesukumia -osukumia
m-mi(III/IV) -osukumia -yosukumia
ji-ma(V/VI) -losukumia -yosukumia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chosukumia -vyosukumia
n(IX/X) -yosukumia -zosukumia
u(XI) -osukumia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kosukumia
pa(XVI) -posukumia
mu(XVIII) -mosukumia
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.