Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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-lundika (infinitive kulundika)

  1. to pile up, to stack

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -lundika
Positive present -nalundika
Subjunctive -lundike
Negative -lundiki
Imperative singular lundika
Infinitives
Positive kulundika
Negative kutolundika
Imperatives
Singular lundika
Plural lundikeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hulundika
Positive past positive subject concord + -lilundika
Negative past negative subject concord + -kulundika
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nalundika)
Singular Plural
1st person ninalundika/nalundika tunalundika
2nd person unalundika mnalundika
3rd person m-wa(I/II) analundika wanalundika
other classes positive subject concord + -nalundika
Negative present (negative subject concord + -lundiki)
Singular Plural
1st person silundiki hatulundiki
2nd person hulundiki hamlundiki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) halundiki hawalundiki
other classes negative subject concord + -lundiki
Positive future positive subject concord + -talundika
Negative future negative subject concord + -talundika
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -lundike)
Singular Plural
1st person nilundike tulundike
2nd person ulundike mlundike
3rd person m-wa(I/II) alundike walundike
other classes positive subject concord + -lundike
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -silundike
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngelundika
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singelundika
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalilundika
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalilundika
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -alundika)
Singular Plural
1st person nalundika twalundika
2nd person walundika mwalundika
3rd person m-wa(I/II) alundika walundika
m-mi(III/IV) walundika yalundika
ji-ma(V/VI) lalundika yalundika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chalundika vyalundika
n(IX/X) yalundika zalundika
u(XI) walundika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwalundika
pa(XVI) palundika
mu(XVIII) mwalundika
Perfect positive subject concord + -melundika
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshalundika
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jalundika
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kilundika
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipolundika
Consecutive kalundika / positive subject concord + -kalundika
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kalundike
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nilundika -tulundika
2nd person -kulundika -walundika/-kulundikeni/-walundikeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mlundika -walundika
m-mi(III/IV) -ulundika -ilundika
ji-ma(V/VI) -lilundika -yalundika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kilundika -vilundika
n(IX/X) -ilundika -zilundika
u(XI) -ulundika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kulundika
pa(XVI) -palundika
mu(XVIII) -mulundika
Reflexive -jilundika
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -lundika- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -lundikaye -lundikao
m-mi(III/IV) -lundikao -lundikayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -lundikalo -lundikayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -lundikacho -lundikavyo
n(IX/X) -lundikayo -lundikazo
u(XI) -lundikao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -lundikako
pa(XVI) -lundikapo
mu(XVIII) -lundikamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -lundika)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yelundika -olundika
m-mi(III/IV) -olundika -yolundika
ji-ma(V/VI) -lolundika -yolundika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -cholundika -vyolundika
n(IX/X) -yolundika -zolundika
u(XI) -olundika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kolundika
pa(XVI) -polundika
mu(XVIII) -molundika
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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