-tamanika (infinitive kutamanika)
- Stative form of -tamani: to be desirable
Conjugation of -tamanika
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Positive present
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-natamanika
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Subjunctive
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-tamanike
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Negative
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-tamaniki
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Imperative singular
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tamanika
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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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hutamanika
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -litamanika
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kutamanika
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -natamanika)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninatamanika/natamanika
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tunatamanika
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2nd person
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unatamanika
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mnatamanika
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anatamanika
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wanatamanika
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -natamanika
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -tamaniki)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sitamaniki
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hatutamaniki
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2nd person
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hutamaniki
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hamtamaniki
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hatamaniki
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hawatamaniki
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -tamaniki
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tatamanika
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tatamanika
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tamanike)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nitamanike
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tutamanike
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2nd person
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utamanike
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mtamanike
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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atamanike
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watamanike
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -tamanike
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sitamanike
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngetamanika
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singetamanika
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalitamanika
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalitamanika
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -metamanika
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshatamanika
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jatamanika
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kitamanika
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipotamanika
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Consecutive
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katamanika / positive subject concord + -katamanika
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -katamanike
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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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