pogoa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-pogoa (infinitive kupogoa)

  1. to prune, trim (of trees and shrubs)

Conjugation

Conjugation of -pogoa
Positive present -napogoa
Subjunctive -pogoe
Negative -pogoi
Imperative singular pogoa
Infinitives
Positive kupogoa
Negative kutopogoa
Imperatives
Singular pogoa
Plural pogoeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupogoa
Positive past positive subject concord + -lipogoa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kupogoa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napogoa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninapogoa/napogoa tunapogoa
2nd person unapogoa mnapogoa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapogoa wanapogoa
other classes positive subject concord + -napogoa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pogoi)
Singular Plural
1st person sipogoi hatupogoi
2nd person hupogoi hampogoi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapogoi hawapogoi
other classes negative subject concord + -pogoi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapogoa
Negative future negative subject concord + -tapogoa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pogoe)
Singular Plural
1st person nipogoe tupogoe
2nd person upogoe mpogoe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apogoe wapogoe
other classes positive subject concord + -pogoe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipogoe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepogoa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepogoa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipogoa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipogoa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apogoa)
Singular Plural
1st person napogoa twapogoa
2nd person wapogoa mwapogoa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apogoa wapogoa
m-mi(III/IV) wapogoa yapogoa
ji-ma(V/VI) lapogoa yapogoa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapogoa vyapogoa
n(IX/X) yapogoa zapogoa
u(XI) wapogoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwapogoa
pa(XVI) papogoa
mu(XVIII) mwapogoa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepogoa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshapogoa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -japogoa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kipogoa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipopogoa
Consecutive kapogoa / positive subject concord + -kapogoa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapogoe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nipogoa -tupogoa
2nd person -kupogoa -wapogoa/-kupogoeni/-wapogoeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpogoa -wapogoa
m-mi(III/IV) -upogoa -ipogoa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lipogoa -yapogoa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipogoa -vipogoa
n(IX/X) -ipogoa -zipogoa
u(XI) -upogoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kupogoa
pa(XVI) -papogoa
mu(XVIII) -mupogoa
Reflexive -jipogoa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -pogoa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -pogoaye -pogoao
m-mi(III/IV) -pogoao -pogoayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -pogoalo -pogoayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pogoacho -pogoavyo
n(IX/X) -pogoayo -pogoazo
u(XI) -pogoao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -pogoako
pa(XVI) -pogoapo
mu(XVIII) -pogoamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -pogoa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yepogoa -opogoa
m-mi(III/IV) -opogoa -yopogoa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lopogoa -yopogoa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopogoa -vyopogoa
n(IX/X) -yopogoa -zopogoa
u(XI) -opogoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kopogoa
pa(XVI) -popogoa
mu(XVIII) -mopogoa
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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