tandikwa

Swahili

Verb

-tandikwa (infinitive kutandikwa)

1. Passive form of -tandika
   • 1973, Mohammed S. Abdulla, Duniani kuna watu, page 3:

     […] ngazi pana zilizotandikwa zulia au blanketi nene, […]

     […] the wide stairs covered with carpets or thick blankets, […]

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tandikwa
Positive present -natandikwa Subjunctive -tandikwe Negative -tandikwi Imperative singular tandikwa
Infinitives
Positive kutandikwa Negative kutotandikwa
Imperatives
Singular tandikwa Plural tandikweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutandikwa Positive past positive subject concord + -litandikwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kutandikwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natandikwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninatandikwa/natandikwa tunatandikwa 2nd person unatandikwa mnatandikwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatandikwa wanatandikwa other classes positive subject concord + -natandikwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tandikwi) Singular Plural 1st person sitandikwi hatutandikwi 2nd person hutandikwi hamtandikwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatandikwi hawatandikwi other classes negative subject concord + -tandikwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatandikwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tatandikwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tandikwe) Singular Plural 1st person nitandikwe tutandikwe 2nd person utandikwe mtandikwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atandikwe watandikwe other classes positive subject concord + -tandikwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitandikwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetandikwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetandikwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitandikwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitandikwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atandikwa) Singular Plural 1st person natandikwa twatandikwa 2nd person watandikwa mwatandikwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atandikwa watandikwa m-mi(III/IV) watandikwa yatandikwa ji-ma(V/VI) latandikwa yatandikwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatandikwa vyatandikwa n(IX/X) yatandikwa zatandikwa u(XI) watandikwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatandikwa pa(XVI) patandikwa mu(XVIII) mwatandikwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -metandikwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatandikwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatandikwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitandikwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotandikwa Consecutive katandikwa / positive subject concord + -katandikwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katandikwe Object concord —
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + -tandikwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tandikwaye -tandikwao m-mi(III/IV) -tandikwao -tandikwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tandikwalo -tandikwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tandikwacho -tandikwavyo n(IX/X) -tandikwayo -tandikwazo u(XI) -tandikwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tandikwako pa(XVI) -tandikwapo mu(XVIII) -tandikwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -tandikwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetandikwa -otandikwa m-mi(III/IV) -otandikwa -yotandikwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lotandikwa -yotandikwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotandikwa -vyotandikwa n(IX/X) -yotandikwa -zotandikwa u(XI) -otandikwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotandikwa pa(XVI) -potandikwa mu(XVIII) -motandikwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.