wamo

Swahili

Etymology 1

Verb

-wamo (infinitive kuwamo)

1. to be inside (of a definite place)

   Watu wamo chumbani.

   The people are inside the room.

Conjugation

Conjugation of -wamo (irregular)
Gnomic -mo (irregular) Subjunctive -wemo Negative -mo (irregular)
Infinitives
Positive kuwamo Negative kutokuwamo
Tensed forms
Habitual huwamo/huwa Positive past positive subject concord + -likuwamo/-likuwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kuwamo/-kuwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -mo) Singular Plural 1st person nimo tumo 2nd person umo mmo 3rd person m-wa(I/II) yumo wamo other classes positive subject concord + -mo
Negative present (negative subject concord + -mo) Singular Plural 1st person simo hatumo 2nd person humo hammo 3rd person m-wa hayumo hawamo other classes negative subject concord + -mo
Positive future positive subject concord + -takuwamo/-takuwa Negative future negative subject concord + -takuwamo/-takuwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -wemo) Singular Plural 1st person niwemo tuwemo 2nd person uwemo muwemo 3rd person m-wa(I/II) awemo wawemo other classes positive subject concord + -wemo
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siwemo Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekuwamo/-ngekuwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekuwamo/-singekuwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikuwamo/-ngalikuwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikuwamo/-singalikuwa Gnomic see positive present Perfect positive subject concord + -mekuwamo/-mekuwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshakuwamo/-meshakuwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jawamo/-jawa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiwamo/-kiwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipokuwamo/-sipokuwa Consecutive kawamo/kawa / positive subject concord + -kawamo/-kawa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kawemo Object concord —
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + -li- + relative marker + -mo) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -liyemo -liomo m-mi(III/IV) -liomo -liyomo ji-ma(V/VI) -lilomo -liyomo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -lichomo -livyomo n(IX/X) -liyomo -lizomo u(XI) -liomo see n(X) or ma(VI) class General negative (positive subject concord + -si- + relative marker + -mo) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -siyemo -siomo m-mi(III/IV) -siomo -siyomo ji-ma(V/VI) -silomo -siyomo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -sichomo -sivyomo n(IX/X) -siyomo -sizomo u(XI) -siomo see n(X) or ma(VI) class Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -kuwamo/-kuwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yekuwamo/-yekuwa -okuwamo/-okuwa m-mi(III/IV) -okuwamo/-okuwa -yokuwamo/-yokuwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lokuwamo/-lokuwa -yokuwamo/-yokuwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokuwamo/-chokuwa -vyokuwamo/-vyokuwa n(IX/X) -yokuwamo/-yokuwa -zokuwamo/-zokuwa u(XI) -okuwamo/-okuwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

See also

• -wapo (“to be (at a definite place)”)
• -wako (“to be (at an indefinite place)”)

Etymology 2

wa- + a stem of -wamo

Verb

wamo

1. third-person plural (wa class_(II)) positive degree present of -wamo (“they are (inside there)”)