zalisha

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-zalisha (infinitive kuzalisha)

  1. Causative form of -zaa: to make give birth
  2. to generate
  3. to act as a midwife

Conjugation

Conjugation of -zalisha
Positive present -nazalisha
Subjunctive -zalishe
Negative -zalishi
Imperative singular zalisha
Infinitives
Positive kuzalisha
Negative kutozalisha
Imperatives
Singular zalisha
Plural zalisheni
Tensed forms
Habitual huzalisha
Positive past positive subject concord + -lizalisha
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzalisha
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazalisha)
Singular Plural
1st person ninazalisha/nazalisha tunazalisha
2nd person unazalisha mnazalisha
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazalisha wanazalisha
other classes positive subject concord + -nazalisha
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zalishi)
Singular Plural
1st person sizalishi hatuzalishi
2nd person huzalishi hamzalishi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazalishi hawazalishi
other classes negative subject concord + -zalishi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazalisha
Negative future negative subject concord + -tazalisha
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zalishe)
Singular Plural
1st person nizalishe tuzalishe
2nd person uzalishe mzalishe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) azalishe wazalishe
other classes positive subject concord + -zalishe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizalishe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezalisha
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezalisha
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizalisha
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizalisha
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azalisha)
Singular Plural
1st person nazalisha twazalisha
2nd person wazalisha mwazalisha
3rd person m-wa(I/II) azalisha wazalisha
m-mi(III/IV) wazalisha yazalisha
ji-ma(V/VI) lazalisha yazalisha
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazalisha vyazalisha
n(IX/X) yazalisha zazalisha
u(XI) wazalisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwazalisha
pa(XVI) pazalisha
mu(XVIII) mwazalisha
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezalisha
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshazalisha
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazalisha
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kizalisha
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipozalisha
Consecutive kazalisha / positive subject concord + -kazalisha
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazalishe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nizalisha -tuzalisha
2nd person -kuzalisha -wazalisha/-kuzalisheni/-wazalisheni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzalisha -wazalisha
m-mi(III/IV) -uzalisha -izalisha
ji-ma(V/VI) -lizalisha -yazalisha
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizalisha -vizalisha
n(IX/X) -izalisha -zizalisha
u(XI) -uzalisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuzalisha
pa(XVI) -pazalisha
mu(XVIII) -muzalisha
Reflexive -jizalisha
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zalisha- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -zalishaye -zalishao
m-mi(III/IV) -zalishao -zalishayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -zalishalo -zalishayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zalishacho -zalishavyo
n(IX/X) -zalishayo -zalishazo
u(XI) -zalishao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -zalishako
pa(XVI) -zalishapo
mu(XVIII) -zalishamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zalisha)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yezalisha -ozalisha
m-mi(III/IV) -ozalisha -yozalisha
ji-ma(V/VI) -lozalisha -yozalisha
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozalisha -vyozalisha
n(IX/X) -yozalisha -zozalisha
u(XI) -ozalisha see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kozalisha
pa(XVI) -pozalisha
mu(XVIII) -mozalisha
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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