zindika

Swahili

Verb

-zindika (infinitive kuzindika)

  1. Stative form of -zinda

Conjugation

Conjugation of -zindika
Positive present -nazindika
Subjunctive -zindike
Negative -zindiki
Imperative singular zindika
Infinitives
Positive kuzindika
Negative kutozindika
Imperatives
Singular zindika
Plural zindikeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huzindika
Positive past positive subject concord + -lizindika
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuzindika
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazindika)
Singular Plural
1st person ninazindika/nazindika tunazindika
2nd person unazindika mnazindika
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anazindika wanazindika
other classes positive subject concord + -nazindika
Negative present (negative subject concord + -zindiki)
Singular Plural
1st person sizindiki hatuzindiki
2nd person huzindiki hamzindiki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hazindiki hawazindiki
other classes negative subject concord + -zindiki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tazindika
Negative future negative subject concord + -tazindika
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zindike)
Singular Plural
1st person nizindike tuzindike
2nd person uzindike mzindike
3rd person m-wa(I/II) azindike wazindike
other classes positive subject concord + -zindike
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sizindike
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngezindika
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singezindika
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalizindika
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalizindika
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azindika)
Singular Plural
1st person nazindika twazindika
2nd person wazindika mwazindika
3rd person m-wa(I/II) azindika wazindika
m-mi(III/IV) wazindika yazindika
ji-ma(V/VI) lazindika yazindika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chazindika vyazindika
n(IX/X) yazindika zazindika
u(XI) wazindika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwazindika
pa(XVI) pazindika
mu(XVIII) mwazindika
Perfect positive subject concord + -mezindika
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshazindika
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jazindika
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kizindika
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipozindika
Consecutive kazindika / positive subject concord + -kazindika
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kazindike
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nizindika -tuzindika
2nd person -kuzindika -wazindika/-kuzindikeni/-wazindikeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mzindika -wazindika
m-mi(III/IV) -uzindika -izindika
ji-ma(V/VI) -lizindika -yazindika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kizindika -vizindika
n(IX/X) -izindika -zizindika
u(XI) -uzindika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuzindika
pa(XVI) -pazindika
mu(XVIII) -muzindika
Reflexive -jizindika
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zindika- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -zindikaye -zindikao
m-mi(III/IV) -zindikao -zindikayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -zindikalo -zindikayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -zindikacho -zindikavyo
n(IX/X) -zindikayo -zindikazo
u(XI) -zindikao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -zindikako
pa(XVI) -zindikapo
mu(XVIII) -zindikamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zindika)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yezindika -ozindika
m-mi(III/IV) -ozindika -yozindika
ji-ma(V/VI) -lozindika -yozindika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chozindika -vyozindika
n(IX/X) -yozindika -zozindika
u(XI) -ozindika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kozindika
pa(XVI) -pozindika
mu(XVIII) -mozindika
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.