zingira

Swahili

-zingira (infinitive kuzingira)

Conjugation of -zingira

Infinitives

Positive	kuzingira
Negative	kutozingira

Imperatives

Singular	zingira
Plural	zingireni

Tensed forms

Habitual	huzingira
Positive past	positive subject concord + -lizingira
Negative past	negative subject concord + -kuzingira

Positive present (positive subject concord + -nazingira)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		ninazingira/nazingira	tunazingira
2nd person		unazingira	mnazingira
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	anazingira	wanazingira
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -nazingira

Negative present (negative subject concord + -zingiri)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		sizingiri	hatuzingiri
2nd person		huzingiri	hamzingiri
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	hazingiri	hawazingiri
3rd person	other classes	negative subject concord + -zingiri

Positive future	positive subject concord + -tazingira
Negative future	negative subject concord + -tazingira

Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -zingire)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nizingire	tuzingire
2nd person		uzingire	mzingire
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	azingire	wazingire
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -zingire

Negative subjunctive	positive subject concord + -sizingire
Positive present conditional	positive subject concord + -ngezingira
Negative present conditional	positive subject concord + -singezingira
Positive past conditional	positive subject concord + -ngalizingira
Negative past conditional	positive subject concord + -singalizingira

Gnomic (positive subject concord + -azingira)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nazingira	twazingira
2nd person		wazingira	mwazingira
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	azingira	wazingira
	m-mi_(III/IV)	wazingira	yazingira
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	lazingira	yazingira
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	chazingira	vyazingira
	n_(IX/X)	yazingira	zazingira
	u_(XI)	wazingira	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	kwazingira
	pa_(XVI)	pazingira
	mu_(XVIII)	mwazingira

Perfect	positive subject concord + -mezingira
"Already"	positive subject concord + -meshazingira
"Not yet"	negative subject concord + -jazingira
"If/When"	positive subject concord + -kizingira
"If not"	positive subject concord + -sipozingira
Consecutive	kazingira / positive subject concord + -kazingira
Consecutive subjunctive	positive subject concord + -kazingire

Object concord (indicative positive)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		-nizingira	-tuzingira
2nd person		-kuzingira	-wazingira/-kuzingireni/-wazingireni
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	-mzingira	-wazingira
	m-mi_(III/IV)	-uzingira	-izingira
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lizingira	-yazingira
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-kizingira	-vizingira
	n_(IX/X)	-izingira	-zizingira
	u_(XI)	-uzingira	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	-kuzingira
	pa_(XVI)	-pazingira
	mu_(XVIII)	-muzingira
Reflexive		-jizingira

Relative forms

General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -zingira- + relative marker)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-zingiraye	-zingirao
m-mi_(III/IV)	-zingirao	-zingirayo
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-zingiralo	-zingirayo
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-zingiracho	-zingiravyo
n_(IX/X)	-zingirayo	-zingirazo
u_(XI)	-zingirao	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-zingirako
pa_(XVI)	-zingirapo
mu_(XVIII)	-zingiramo

Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -zingira)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-yezingira	-ozingira
m-mi_(III/IV)	-ozingira	-yozingira
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lozingira	-yozingira
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-chozingira	-vyozingira
n_(IX/X)	-yozingira	-zozingira
u_(XI)	-ozingira	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-kozingira
pa_(XVI)	-pozingira
mu_(XVIII)	-mozingira

Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.