Swahili edit

Verb edit

-sononesha (infinitive kusononesha)

  1. Causative form of -sonona

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of -sononesha
Positive present -nasononesha
Subjunctive -sononeshe
Negative -sononeshi
Imperative singular sononesha
Infinitives
Positive kusononesha
Negative kutosononesha
Imperatives
Singular sononesha
Plural sononesheni
Tensed forms
Habitual husononesha
Positive past positive subject concord + -lisononesha
Negative past negative subject concord + -kusononesha
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasononesha)
Singular Plural
1st person ninasononesha/nasononesha tunasononesha
2nd person unasononesha mnasononesha
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anasononesha wanasononesha
other classes positive subject concord + -nasononesha
Negative present (negative subject concord + -sononeshi)
Singular Plural
1st person sisononeshi hatusononeshi
2nd person husononeshi hamsononeshi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hasononeshi hawasononeshi
other classes negative subject concord + -sononeshi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tasononesha
Negative future negative subject concord + -tasononesha
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -sononeshe)
Singular Plural
1st person nisononeshe tusononeshe
2nd person usononeshe msononeshe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) asononeshe wasononeshe
other classes positive subject concord + -sononeshe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sisononeshe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngesononesha
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singesononesha
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalisononesha
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalisononesha
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asononesha)
Singular Plural
1st person nasononesha twasononesha
2nd person wasononesha mwasononesha
3rd person m-wa(I/II) asononesha wasononesha
m-mi(III/IV) wasononesha yasononesha
ji-ma(V/VI) lasononesha yasononesha
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chasononesha vyasononesha
n(IX/X) yasononesha zasononesha
u(XI) wasononesha see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwasononesha
pa(XVI) pasononesha
mu(XVIII) mwasononesha
Perfect positive subject concord + -mesononesha
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshasononesha
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jasononesha
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kisononesha
"If not" positive subject concord + -siposononesha
Consecutive kasononesha / positive subject concord + -kasononesha
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kasononeshe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nisononesha -tusononesha
2nd person -kusononesha -wasononesha/-kusononesheni/-wasononesheni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -msononesha -wasononesha
m-mi(III/IV) -usononesha -isononesha
ji-ma(V/VI) -lisononesha -yasononesha
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kisononesha -visononesha
n(IX/X) -isononesha -zisononesha
u(XI) -usononesha see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kusononesha
pa(XVI) -pasononesha
mu(XVIII) -musononesha
Reflexive -jisononesha
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -sononesha- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -sononeshaye -sononeshao
m-mi(III/IV) -sononeshao -sononeshayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -sononeshalo -sononeshayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -sononeshacho -sononeshavyo
n(IX/X) -sononeshayo -sononeshazo
u(XI) -sononeshao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -sononeshako
pa(XVI) -sononeshapo
mu(XVIII) -sononeshamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -sononesha)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yesononesha -osononesha
m-mi(III/IV) -osononesha -yosononesha
ji-ma(V/VI) -losononesha -yosononesha
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chosononesha -vyosononesha
n(IX/X) -yosononesha -zosononesha
u(XI) -osononesha see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kosononesha
pa(XVI) -posononesha
mu(XVIII) -mosononesha
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.