Etymology
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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “It looks like a stative of -tatana [recip of -tata], but I can't find attestation for -tatana”)
-tatanika (infinitive kutatanika)
- to be perplexing
Conjugation
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Conjugation of -tatanika
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Positive present
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-natatanika
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Subjunctive
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-tatanike
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Negative
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-tataniki
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Imperative singular
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tatanika
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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hutatanika
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -litatanika
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kutatanika
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -natatanika)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninatatanika/natatanika
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tunatatanika
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2nd person
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unatatanika
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mnatatanika
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anatatanika
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wanatatanika
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -natatanika
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -tataniki)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sitataniki
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hatutataniki
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2nd person
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hutataniki
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hamtataniki
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hatataniki
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hawatataniki
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -tataniki
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tatatanika
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tatatanika
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tatanike)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nitatanike
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tutatanike
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2nd person
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utatanike
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mtatanike
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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atatanike
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watatanike
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -tatanike
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sitatanike
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngetatanika
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singetatanika
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalitatanika
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalitatanika
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -metatanika
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshatatanika
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jatatanika
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kitatanika
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipotatanika
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Consecutive
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katatanika / positive subject concord + -katatanika
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -katatanike
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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