The Swahili Verb III

Object affixes

They take the third position after the subject prefix and the tense-marker. The object prefix shows the receiver of the action being done in a particular sentence.

Person	Singular	Plural
1st	-ni- (me) e.g. ananiona (S/he is seeing me)	-tu- (us) e.g. Hatuoni
2nd	-ku-(you) e.g.anakuona (S/he is seeing you)	-wa- (you) anawaona (S/he is seeing you)
3rd	-m- e.g. anamwona (S/he is going)	-wa- (them) e.g. anawaona

N/B: i. The affixes do not change in the negative form

ii. For the other classes, replace the 3^rd person pronoun affix with the respective class prefix, i.e. consider the classes KI-VI

The oject affixes will be -ki- for singular and -vi- for plural. e.g.

Ninakiona (I am seeing it)- singular

Tunaviona (We are seeing them)- plural

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Exercise

Translate the following in Swahili.

He is beating her.

I got him

I will see it (class LI)

Don't call me

Hint: To answer this exercise better ensure you have gone through Swahili Verb I, II and III

Then, good students don't go for the web translator before attempting the questions.

Kila la heri (All the Best)

Referrences

Habwe J. and Karanja P. (2004) Misingi ya sarufi ya Kiswahili. Phoenix Publishers: Nairobi, Kenya.

 Mgullu, R. S. (2008). Mtalaa Wa Isimu: Fonetiki, Fonolojia na Mofolojia ya Kiswahili. Longhorn Publishers: Nairobi Kenya.
Mohammed, A. M. (2001). Modern Swahili Grammar.  The Jomo Kenyatta Foundation: Nairobi, Kenya.
Mbaabu, J. (1985). Sarufi Ya Kiswahili. Kenya Publishing and Book Marketing Co. Ltd: Nairobi, Kenya
 Njanje N. and Njogu K. (2006) Kiswahili kwa Vyuo vya Ualimu. The Jomo Kenyatta Foundation: Nairobi, Kenya. 
Njogu, K. et al (2006). Sarufi ya Kiswahili: Uchanganuzi na Matumizi. Jomo Kenyatta Foundation. Nairobi: Kenya