tegemea

Swahili

Pronunciation
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Verb

-tegemea (infinitive kutegemea)

  1. to depend on something or someone (to rely on; to trust)
  2. to anticipate something

Conjugation
Conjugation of -tegemea
Positive present -nategemea
Subjunctive -tegemee
Negative -tegemei
Imperative singular tegemea
Infinitives
Positive kutegemea
Negative kutotegemea
Imperatives
Singular tegemea
Plural tegemeeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutegemea
Positive past positive subject concord + -litegemea
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutegemea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nategemea)
Singular Plural
1st person ninategemea/nategemea tunategemea
2nd person unategemea mnategemea
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anategemea wanategemea
other classes positive subject concord + -nategemea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tegemei)
Singular Plural
1st person sitegemei hatutegemei
2nd person hutegemei hamtegemei
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hategemei hawategemei
other classes negative subject concord + -tegemei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tategemea
Negative future negative subject concord + -tategemea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tegemee)
Singular Plural
1st person nitegemee tutegemee
2nd person utegemee mtegemee
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ategemee wategemee
other classes positive subject concord + -tegemee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitegemee
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetegemea
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetegemea
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitegemea
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitegemea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ategemea)
Singular Plural
1st person nategemea twategemea
2nd person wategemea mwategemea
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ategemea wategemea
m-mi(III/IV) wategemea yategemea
ji-ma(V/VI) lategemea yategemea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chategemea vyategemea
n(IX/X) yategemea zategemea
u(XI) wategemea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwategemea
pa(XVI) pategemea
mu(XVIII) mwategemea
Perfect positive subject concord + -metegemea
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshategemea
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jategemea
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitegemea
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotegemea
Consecutive kategemea / positive subject concord + -kategemea
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kategemee
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitegemea -tutegemea
2nd person -kutegemea -wategemea/-kutegemeeni/-wategemeeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtegemea -wategemea
m-mi(III/IV) -utegemea -itegemea
ji-ma(V/VI) -litegemea -yategemea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitegemea -vitegemea
n(IX/X) -itegemea -zitegemea
u(XI) -utegemea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutegemea
pa(XVI) -pategemea
mu(XVIII) -mutegemea
Reflexive -jitegemea
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tegemea- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tegemeaye -tegemeao
m-mi(III/IV) -tegemeao -tegemeayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tegemealo -tegemeayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tegemeacho -tegemeavyo
n(IX/X) -tegemeayo -tegemeazo
u(XI) -tegemeao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tegemeako
pa(XVI) -tegemeapo
mu(XVIII) -tegemeamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tegemea)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetegemea -otegemea
m-mi(III/IV) -otegemea -yotegemea
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotegemea -yotegemea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotegemea -vyotegemea
n(IX/X) -yotegemea -zotegemea
u(XI) -otegemea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotegemea
pa(XVI) -potegemea
mu(XVIII) -motegemea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms
  • Verbal derivations:
    • Causative: -tegemeza
    • Passive: -tegemewa
    • Reciprocal: -tegemeana
    • Stative: -tegemeka
  • Nominal derivations:
    • tegemeo (“support, expectation”)
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