Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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-pokea (infinitive kupokea)

  1. to receive, welcome, get

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -pokea
Positive present -napokea
Subjunctive -pokee
Negative -pokei
Imperative singular pokea
Infinitives
Positive kupokea
Negative kutopokea
Imperatives
Singular pokea
Plural pokeeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupokea
Positive past positive subject concord + -lipokea
Negative past negative subject concord + -kupokea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napokea)
Singular Plural
1st person ninapokea/napokea tunapokea
2nd person unapokea mnapokea
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapokea wanapokea
other classes positive subject concord + -napokea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pokei)
Singular Plural
1st person sipokei hatupokei
2nd person hupokei hampokei
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapokei hawapokei
other classes negative subject concord + -pokei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapokea
Negative future negative subject concord + -tapokea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pokee)
Singular Plural
1st person nipokee tupokee
2nd person upokee mpokee
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apokee wapokee
other classes positive subject concord + -pokee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipokee
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepokea
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepokea
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipokea
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipokea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apokea)
Singular Plural
1st person napokea twapokea
2nd person wapokea mwapokea
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apokea wapokea
m-mi(III/IV) wapokea yapokea
ji-ma(V/VI) lapokea yapokea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapokea vyapokea
n(IX/X) yapokea zapokea
u(XI) wapokea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwapokea
pa(XVI) papokea
mu(XVIII) mwapokea
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepokea
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshapokea
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -japokea
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kipokea
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipopokea
Consecutive kapokea / positive subject concord + -kapokea
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapokee
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nipokea -tupokea
2nd person -kupokea -wapokea/-kupokeeni/-wapokeeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpokea -wapokea
m-mi(III/IV) -upokea -ipokea
ji-ma(V/VI) -lipokea -yapokea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipokea -vipokea
n(IX/X) -ipokea -zipokea
u(XI) -upokea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kupokea
pa(XVI) -papokea
mu(XVIII) -mupokea
Reflexive -jipokea
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -pokea- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -pokeaye -pokeao
m-mi(III/IV) -pokeao -pokeayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -pokealo -pokeayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pokeacho -pokeavyo
n(IX/X) -pokeayo -pokeazo
u(XI) -pokeao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -pokeako
pa(XVI) -pokeapo
mu(XVIII) -pokeamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -pokea)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yepokea -opokea
m-mi(III/IV) -opokea -yopokea
ji-ma(V/VI) -lopokea -yopokea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopokea -vyopokea
n(IX/X) -yopokea -zopokea
u(XI) -opokea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kopokea
pa(XVI) -popokea
mu(XVIII) -mopokea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

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