tumbukia

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tumbukia (infinitive kutumbukia)

1. to fall, to sink
2. to get into trouble

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tumbukia
Positive present -natumbukia Subjunctive -tumbukie Negative -tumbukii Imperative singular tumbukia
Infinitives
Positive kutumbukia Negative kutotumbukia
Imperatives
Singular tumbukia Plural tumbukieni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutumbukia Positive past positive subject concord + -litumbukia Negative past negative subject concord + -kutumbukia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natumbukia) Singular Plural 1st person ninatumbukia/natumbukia tunatumbukia 2nd person unatumbukia mnatumbukia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatumbukia wanatumbukia other classes positive subject concord + -natumbukia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tumbukii) Singular Plural 1st person situmbukii hatutumbukii 2nd person hutumbukii hamtumbukii 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatumbukii hawatumbukii other classes negative subject concord + -tumbukii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatumbukia Negative future negative subject concord + -tatumbukia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tumbukie) Singular Plural 1st person nitumbukie tutumbukie 2nd person utumbukie mtumbukie 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atumbukie watumbukie other classes positive subject concord + -tumbukie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -situmbukie Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetumbukia Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetumbukia Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitumbukia Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitumbukia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atumbukia) Singular Plural 1st person natumbukia twatumbukia 2nd person watumbukia mwatumbukia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atumbukia watumbukia m-mi(III/IV) watumbukia yatumbukia ji-ma(V/VI) latumbukia yatumbukia ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatumbukia vyatumbukia n(IX/X) yatumbukia zatumbukia u(XI) watumbukia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatumbukia pa(XVI) patumbukia mu(XVIII) mwatumbukia
Perfect positive subject concord + -metumbukia "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatumbukia "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatumbukia "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitumbukia "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotumbukia Consecutive katumbukia / positive subject concord + -katumbukia Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katumbukie
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitumbukia -tutumbukia 2nd person -kutumbukia -watumbukia/-kutumbukieni/-watumbukieni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtumbukia -watumbukia m-mi(III/IV) -utumbukia -itumbukia ji-ma(V/VI) -litumbukia -yatumbukia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitumbukia -vitumbukia n(IX/X) -itumbukia -zitumbukia u(XI) -utumbukia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutumbukia pa(XVI) -patumbukia mu(XVIII) -mutumbukia Reflexive -jitumbukia
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tumbukia- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tumbukiaye -tumbukiao m-mi(III/IV) -tumbukiao -tumbukiayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tumbukialo -tumbukiayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tumbukiacho -tumbukiavyo n(IX/X) -tumbukiayo -tumbukiazo u(XI) -tumbukiao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tumbukiako pa(XVI) -tumbukiapo mu(XVIII) -tumbukiamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tumbukia) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetumbukia -otumbukia m-mi(III/IV) -otumbukia -yotumbukia ji-ma(V/VI) -lotumbukia -yotumbukia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotumbukia -vyotumbukia n(IX/X) -yotumbukia -zotumbukia u(XI) -otumbukia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotumbukia pa(XVI) -potumbukia mu(XVIII) -motumbukia
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.