pungwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-pungwa (infinitive kupungwa)

1. Passive form of -punga: to be exorcised; to undergo exorcism

Conjugation

Conjugation of -pungwa
Positive present -napungwa Subjunctive -pungwe Negative -pungwi Imperative singular pungwa
Infinitives
Positive kupungwa Negative kutopungwa
Imperatives
Singular pungwa Plural pungweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupungwa Positive past positive subject concord + -lipungwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kupungwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napungwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninapungwa/napungwa tunapungwa 2nd person unapungwa mnapungwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapungwa wanapungwa other classes positive subject concord + -napungwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pungwi) Singular Plural 1st person sipungwi hatupungwi 2nd person hupungwi hampungwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapungwi hawapungwi other classes negative subject concord + -pungwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapungwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tapungwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pungwe) Singular Plural 1st person nipungwe tupungwe 2nd person upungwe mpungwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apungwe wapungwe other classes positive subject concord + -pungwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipungwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepungwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepungwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipungwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipungwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apungwa) Singular Plural 1st person napungwa twapungwa 2nd person wapungwa mwapungwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apungwa wapungwa m-mi(III/IV) wapungwa yapungwa ji-ma(V/VI) lapungwa yapungwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapungwa vyapungwa n(IX/X) yapungwa zapungwa u(XI) wapungwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwapungwa pa(XVI) papungwa mu(XVIII) mwapungwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepungwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapungwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japungwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipungwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopungwa Consecutive kapungwa / positive subject concord + -kapungwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapungwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nipungwa -tupungwa 2nd person -kupungwa -wapungwa/-kupungweni/-wapungweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpungwa -wapungwa m-mi(III/IV) -upungwa -ipungwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lipungwa -yapungwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipungwa -vipungwa n(IX/X) -ipungwa -zipungwa u(XI) -upungwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kupungwa pa(XVI) -papungwa mu(XVIII) -mupungwa Reflexive -jipungwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -pungwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -pungwaye -pungwao m-mi(III/IV) -pungwao -pungwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -pungwalo -pungwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pungwacho -pungwavyo n(IX/X) -pungwayo -pungwazo u(XI) -pungwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -pungwako pa(XVI) -pungwapo mu(XVIII) -pungwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -pungwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yepungwa -opungwa m-mi(III/IV) -opungwa -yopungwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lopungwa -yopungwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopungwa -vyopungwa n(IX/X) -yopungwa -zopungwa u(XI) -opungwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopungwa pa(XVI) -popungwa mu(XVIII) -mopungwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.