fungika

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-fungika (infinitive kufungika)

1. Stative form of -funga: to be confined

Conjugation

Conjugation of -fungika
Positive present -nafungika Subjunctive -fungike Negative -fungiki Imperative singular fungika
Infinitives
Positive kufungika Negative kutofungika
Imperatives
Singular fungika Plural fungikeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufungika Positive past positive subject concord + -lifungika Negative past negative subject concord + -kufungika
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafungika) Singular Plural 1st person ninafungika/nafungika tunafungika 2nd person unafungika mnafungika 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafungika wanafungika other classes positive subject concord + -nafungika
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fungiki) Singular Plural 1st person sifungiki hatufungiki 2nd person hufungiki hamfungiki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafungiki hawafungiki other classes negative subject concord + -fungiki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafungika Negative future negative subject concord + -tafungika
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fungike) Singular Plural 1st person nifungike tufungike 2nd person ufungike mfungike 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afungike wafungike other classes positive subject concord + -fungike
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifungike Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefungika Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefungika Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifungika Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifungika
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afungika) Singular Plural 1st person nafungika twafungika 2nd person wafungika mwafungika 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afungika wafungika m-mi(III/IV) wafungika yafungika ji-ma(V/VI) lafungika yafungika ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafungika vyafungika n(IX/X) yafungika zafungika u(XI) wafungika see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwafungika pa(XVI) pafungika mu(XVIII) mwafungika
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefungika "Already" positive subject concord + -meshafungika "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafungika "If/When" positive subject concord + -kifungika "If not" positive subject concord + -sipofungika Consecutive kafungika / positive subject concord + -kafungika Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafungike
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nifungika -tufungika 2nd person -kufungika -wafungika/-kufungikeni/-wafungikeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfungika -wafungika m-mi(III/IV) -ufungika -ifungika ji-ma(V/VI) -lifungika -yafungika ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifungika -vifungika n(IX/X) -ifungika -zifungika u(XI) -ufungika see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kufungika pa(XVI) -pafungika mu(XVIII) -mufungika Reflexive -jifungika
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fungika- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -fungikaye -fungikao m-mi(III/IV) -fungikao -fungikayo ji-ma(V/VI) -fungikalo -fungikayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fungikacho -fungikavyo n(IX/X) -fungikayo -fungikazo u(XI) -fungikao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -fungikako pa(XVI) -fungikapo mu(XVIII) -fungikamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -fungika) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yefungika -ofungika m-mi(III/IV) -ofungika -yofungika ji-ma(V/VI) -lofungika -yofungika ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofungika -vyofungika n(IX/X) -yofungika -zofungika u(XI) -ofungika see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kofungika pa(XVI) -pofungika mu(XVIII) -mofungika
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.