Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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-sononeka (infinitive kusononeka)

  1. Stative form of -sonona:
    1. to feel hurt
    2. to be irritated or annoyed

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -sononeka
Positive present -nasononeka
Subjunctive -sononeke
Negative -sononeki
Imperative singular sononeka
Infinitives
Positive kusononeka
Negative kutosononeka
Imperatives
Singular sononeka
Plural sononekeni
Tensed forms
Habitual husononeka
Positive past positive subject concord + -lisononeka
Negative past negative subject concord + -kusononeka
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasononeka)
Singular Plural
1st person ninasononeka/nasononeka tunasononeka
2nd person unasononeka mnasononeka
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anasononeka wanasononeka
other classes positive subject concord + -nasononeka
Negative present (negative subject concord + -sononeki)
Singular Plural
1st person sisononeki hatusononeki
2nd person husononeki hamsononeki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hasononeki hawasononeki
other classes negative subject concord + -sononeki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tasononeka
Negative future negative subject concord + -tasononeka
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -sononeke)
Singular Plural
1st person nisononeke tusononeke
2nd person usononeke msononeke
3rd person m-wa(I/II) asononeke wasononeke
other classes positive subject concord + -sononeke
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sisononeke
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngesononeka
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singesononeka
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalisononeka
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalisononeka
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asononeka)
Singular Plural
1st person nasononeka twasononeka
2nd person wasononeka mwasononeka
3rd person m-wa(I/II) asononeka wasononeka
m-mi(III/IV) wasononeka yasononeka
ji-ma(V/VI) lasononeka yasononeka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chasononeka vyasononeka
n(IX/X) yasononeka zasononeka
u(XI) wasononeka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwasononeka
pa(XVI) pasononeka
mu(XVIII) mwasononeka
Perfect positive subject concord + -mesononeka
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshasononeka
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jasononeka
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kisononeka
"If not" positive subject concord + -siposononeka
Consecutive kasononeka / positive subject concord + -kasononeka
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kasononeke
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nisononeka -tusononeka
2nd person -kusononeka -wasononeka/-kusononekeni/-wasononekeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -msononeka -wasononeka
m-mi(III/IV) -usononeka -isononeka
ji-ma(V/VI) -lisononeka -yasononeka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kisononeka -visononeka
n(IX/X) -isononeka -zisononeka
u(XI) -usononeka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kusononeka
pa(XVI) -pasononeka
mu(XVIII) -musononeka
Reflexive -jisononeka
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -sononeka- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -sononekaye -sononekao
m-mi(III/IV) -sononekao -sononekayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -sononekalo -sononekayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -sononekacho -sononekavyo
n(IX/X) -sononekayo -sononekazo
u(XI) -sononekao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -sononekako
pa(XVI) -sononekapo
mu(XVIII) -sononekamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -sononeka)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yesononeka -osononeka
m-mi(III/IV) -osononeka -yosononeka
ji-ma(V/VI) -losononeka -yosononeka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chosononeka -vyosononeka
n(IX/X) -yosononeka -zosononeka
u(XI) -osononeka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kosononeka
pa(XVI) -posononeka
mu(XVIII) -mosononeka
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.