saza

See also: saža

Rwanda-Rundi

-sâza (infinitive gusâza, perfective -shâje)

Used for both people and things.

-saza (infinitive kusaza)

Conjugation of -saza

Infinitives

Positive	kusaza
Negative	kutosaza

Imperatives

Singular	saza
Plural	sazeni

Tensed forms

Habitual	husaza
Positive past	positive subject concord + -lisaza
Negative past	negative subject concord + -kusaza

Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasaza)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		ninasaza/nasaza	tunasaza
2nd person		unasaza	mnasaza
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	anasaza	wanasaza
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -nasaza

Negative present (negative subject concord + -sazi)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		sisazi	hatusazi
2nd person		husazi	hamsazi
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	hasazi	hawasazi
3rd person	other classes	negative subject concord + -sazi

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

Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -saze)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nisaze	tusaze
2nd person		usaze	msaze
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	asaze	wasaze
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -saze

Negative subjunctive	positive subject concord + -sisaze
Positive present conditional	positive subject concord + -ngesaza
Negative present conditional	positive subject concord + -singesaza
Positive past conditional	positive subject concord + -ngalisaza
Negative past conditional	positive subject concord + -singalisaza

Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asaza)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nasaza	twasaza
2nd person		wasaza	mwasaza
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	asaza	wasaza
	m-mi_(III/IV)	wasaza	yasaza
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	lasaza	yasaza
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	chasaza	vyasaza
	n_(IX/X)	yasaza	zasaza
	u_(XI)	wasaza	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	kwasaza
	pa_(XVI)	pasaza
	mu_(XVIII)	mwasaza

Perfect	positive subject concord + -mesaza
"Already"	positive subject concord + -meshasaza
"Not yet"	negative subject concord + -jasaza
"If/When"	positive subject concord + -kisaza
"If not"	positive subject concord + -siposaza
Consecutive	kasaza / positive subject concord + -kasaza
Consecutive subjunctive	positive subject concord + -kasaze

Object concord (indicative positive)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		-nisaza	-tusaza
2nd person		-kusaza	-wasaza/-kusazeni/-wasazeni
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	-msaza	-wasaza
	m-mi_(III/IV)	-usaza	-isaza
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lisaza	-yasaza
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-kisaza	-visaza
	n_(IX/X)	-isaza	-zisaza
	u_(XI)	-usaza	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	-kusaza
	pa_(XVI)	-pasaza
	mu_(XVIII)	-musaza
Reflexive		-jisaza

Relative forms

General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -saza- + relative marker)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-sazaye	-sazao
m-mi_(III/IV)	-sazao	-sazayo
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-sazalo	-sazayo
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-sazacho	-sazavyo
n_(IX/X)	-sazayo	-sazazo
u_(XI)	-sazao	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-sazako
pa_(XVI)	-sazapo
mu_(XVIII)	-sazamo

Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -saza)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-yesaza	-osaza
m-mi_(III/IV)	-osaza	-yosaza
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-losaza	-yosaza
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-chosaza	-vyosaza
n_(IX/X)	-yosaza	-zosaza
u_(XI)	-osaza	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-kosaza
pa_(XVI)	-posaza
mu_(XVIII)	-mosaza

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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