sengenya

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-sengenya (infinitive kusengenya)

1. to badmouth

Conjugation

Conjugation of -sengenya
Positive present -nasengenya Subjunctive -sengenye Negative -sengenyi Imperative singular sengenya
Infinitives
Positive kusengenya Negative kutosengenya
Imperatives
Singular sengenya Plural sengenyeni
Tensed forms
Habitual husengenya Positive past positive subject concord + -lisengenya Negative past negative subject concord + -kusengenya
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasengenya) Singular Plural 1st person ninasengenya/nasengenya tunasengenya 2nd person unasengenya mnasengenya 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anasengenya wanasengenya other classes positive subject concord + -nasengenya
Negative present (negative subject concord + -sengenyi) Singular Plural 1st person sisengenyi hatusengenyi 2nd person husengenyi hamsengenyi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hasengenyi hawasengenyi other classes negative subject concord + -sengenyi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tasengenya Negative future negative subject concord + -tasengenya
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -sengenye) Singular Plural 1st person nisengenye tusengenye 2nd person usengenye msengenye 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asengenye wasengenye other classes positive subject concord + -sengenye
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sisengenye Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngesengenya Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singesengenya Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalisengenya Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalisengenya
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asengenya) Singular Plural 1st person nasengenya twasengenya 2nd person wasengenya mwasengenya 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asengenya wasengenya m-mi(III/IV) wasengenya yasengenya ji-ma(V/VI) lasengenya yasengenya ki-vi(VII/VIII) chasengenya vyasengenya n(IX/X) yasengenya zasengenya u(XI) wasengenya see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwasengenya pa(XVI) pasengenya mu(XVIII) mwasengenya
Perfect positive subject concord + -mesengenya "Already" positive subject concord + -meshasengenya "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jasengenya "If/When" positive subject concord + -kisengenya "If not" positive subject concord + -siposengenya Consecutive kasengenya / positive subject concord + -kasengenya Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kasengenye
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nisengenya -tusengenya 2nd person -kusengenya -wasengenya/-kusengenyeni/-wasengenyeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -msengenya -wasengenya m-mi(III/IV) -usengenya -isengenya ji-ma(V/VI) -lisengenya -yasengenya ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kisengenya -visengenya n(IX/X) -isengenya -zisengenya u(XI) -usengenya see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kusengenya pa(XVI) -pasengenya mu(XVIII) -musengenya Reflexive -jisengenya
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -sengenya- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -sengenyaye -sengenyao m-mi(III/IV) -sengenyao -sengenyayo ji-ma(V/VI) -sengenyalo -sengenyayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -sengenyacho -sengenyavyo n(IX/X) -sengenyayo -sengenyazo u(XI) -sengenyao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -sengenyako pa(XVI) -sengenyapo mu(XVIII) -sengenyamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -sengenya) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yesengenya -osengenya m-mi(III/IV) -osengenya -yosengenya ji-ma(V/VI) -losengenya -yosengenya ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chosengenya -vyosengenya n(IX/X) -yosengenya -zosengenya u(XI) -osengenya see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kosengenya pa(XVI) -posengenya mu(XVIII) -mosengenya
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • masengenyo
  • msengenyaji (“backbiter”)