fuatwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-fuatwa (infinitive kufuatwa)

1. Passive form of -fuata: to be followed

Conjugation

Conjugation of -fuatwa
Positive present -nafuatwa Subjunctive -fuatwe Negative -fuatwi Imperative singular fuatwa
Infinitives
Positive kufuatwa Negative kutofuatwa
Imperatives
Singular fuatwa Plural fuatweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufuatwa Positive past positive subject concord + -lifuatwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kufuatwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafuatwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninafuatwa/nafuatwa tunafuatwa 2nd person unafuatwa mnafuatwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafuatwa wanafuatwa other classes positive subject concord + -nafuatwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fuatwi) Singular Plural 1st person sifuatwi hatufuatwi 2nd person hufuatwi hamfuatwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafuatwi hawafuatwi other classes negative subject concord + -fuatwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafuatwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tafuatwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fuatwe) Singular Plural 1st person nifuatwe tufuatwe 2nd person ufuatwe mfuatwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afuatwe wafuatwe other classes positive subject concord + -fuatwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifuatwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefuatwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefuatwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifuatwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifuatwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afuatwa) Singular Plural 1st person nafuatwa twafuatwa 2nd person wafuatwa mwafuatwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afuatwa wafuatwa m-mi(III/IV) wafuatwa yafuatwa ji-ma(V/VI) lafuatwa yafuatwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafuatwa vyafuatwa n(IX/X) yafuatwa zafuatwa u(XI) wafuatwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwafuatwa pa(XVI) pafuatwa mu(XVIII) mwafuatwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefuatwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshafuatwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafuatwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kifuatwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipofuatwa Consecutive kafuatwa / positive subject concord + -kafuatwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafuatwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nifuatwa -tufuatwa 2nd person -kufuatwa -wafuatwa/-kufuatweni/-wafuatweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfuatwa -wafuatwa m-mi(III/IV) -ufuatwa -ifuatwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lifuatwa -yafuatwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifuatwa -vifuatwa n(IX/X) -ifuatwa -zifuatwa u(XI) -ufuatwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kufuatwa pa(XVI) -pafuatwa mu(XVIII) -mufuatwa Reflexive -jifuatwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fuatwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -fuatwaye -fuatwao m-mi(III/IV) -fuatwao -fuatwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -fuatwalo -fuatwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fuatwacho -fuatwavyo n(IX/X) -fuatwayo -fuatwazo u(XI) -fuatwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -fuatwako pa(XVI) -fuatwapo mu(XVIII) -fuatwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -fuatwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yefuatwa -ofuatwa m-mi(III/IV) -ofuatwa -yofuatwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lofuatwa -yofuatwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofuatwa -vyofuatwa n(IX/X) -yofuatwa -zofuatwa u(XI) -ofuatwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kofuatwa pa(XVI) -pofuatwa mu(XVIII) -mofuatwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.