Swahili

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Verb

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-tangika (infinitive kutangika)

  1. Stative form of -tanga

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -tangika
Positive present -natangika
Subjunctive -tangike
Negative -tangiki
Imperative singular tangika
Infinitives
Positive kutangika
Negative kutotangika
Imperatives
Singular tangika
Plural tangikeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutangika
Positive past positive subject concord + -litangika
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutangika
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natangika)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatangika/natangika tunatangika
2nd person unatangika mnatangika
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatangika wanatangika
other classes positive subject concord + -natangika
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tangiki)
Singular Plural
1st person sitangiki hatutangiki
2nd person hutangiki hamtangiki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatangiki hawatangiki
other classes negative subject concord + -tangiki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatangika
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatangika
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tangike)
Singular Plural
1st person nitangike tutangike
2nd person utangike mtangike
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atangike watangike
other classes positive subject concord + -tangike
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitangike
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetangika
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetangika
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitangika
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitangika
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atangika)
Singular Plural
1st person natangika twatangika
2nd person watangika mwatangika
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atangika watangika
m-mi(III/IV) watangika yatangika
ji-ma(V/VI) latangika yatangika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatangika vyatangika
n(IX/X) yatangika zatangika
u(XI) watangika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatangika
pa(XVI) patangika
mu(XVIII) mwatangika
Perfect positive subject concord + -metangika
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatangika
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatangika
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitangika
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotangika
Consecutive katangika / positive subject concord + -katangika
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katangike
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitangika -tutangika
2nd person -kutangika -watangika/-kutangikeni/-watangikeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtangika -watangika
m-mi(III/IV) -utangika -itangika
ji-ma(V/VI) -litangika -yatangika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitangika -vitangika
n(IX/X) -itangika -zitangika
u(XI) -utangika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutangika
pa(XVI) -patangika
mu(XVIII) -mutangika
Reflexive -jitangika
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tangika- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tangikaye -tangikao
m-mi(III/IV) -tangikao -tangikayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tangikalo -tangikayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tangikacho -tangikavyo
n(IX/X) -tangikayo -tangikazo
u(XI) -tangikao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tangikako
pa(XVI) -tangikapo
mu(XVIII) -tangikamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tangika)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetangika -otangika
m-mi(III/IV) -otangika -yotangika
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotangika -yotangika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotangika -vyotangika
n(IX/X) -yotangika -zotangika
u(XI) -otangika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotangika
pa(XVI) -potangika
mu(XVIII) -motangika
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.