Swahili edit

Verb edit

-tawanyana (infinitive kutawanyana)

  1. Reciprocal form of -tawanya

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of -tawanyana
Positive present -natawanyana
Subjunctive -tawanyane
Negative -tawanyani
Imperative singular tawanyana
Infinitives
Positive kutawanyana
Negative kutotawanyana
Imperatives
Singular tawanyana
Plural tawanyaneni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutawanyana
Positive past positive subject concord + -litawanyana
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutawanyana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natawanyana)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatawanyana/natawanyana tunatawanyana
2nd person unatawanyana mnatawanyana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatawanyana wanatawanyana
other classes positive subject concord + -natawanyana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tawanyani)
Singular Plural
1st person sitawanyani hatutawanyani
2nd person hutawanyani hamtawanyani
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatawanyani hawatawanyani
other classes negative subject concord + -tawanyani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatawanyana
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatawanyana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tawanyane)
Singular Plural
1st person nitawanyane tutawanyane
2nd person utawanyane mtawanyane
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atawanyane watawanyane
other classes positive subject concord + -tawanyane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitawanyane
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetawanyana
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetawanyana
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitawanyana
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitawanyana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atawanyana)
Singular Plural
1st person natawanyana twatawanyana
2nd person watawanyana mwatawanyana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atawanyana watawanyana
m-mi(III/IV) watawanyana yatawanyana
ji-ma(V/VI) latawanyana yatawanyana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatawanyana vyatawanyana
n(IX/X) yatawanyana zatawanyana
u(XI) watawanyana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatawanyana
pa(XVI) patawanyana
mu(XVIII) mwatawanyana
Perfect positive subject concord + -metawanyana
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatawanyana
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatawanyana
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitawanyana
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotawanyana
Consecutive katawanyana / positive subject concord + -katawanyana
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katawanyane
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitawanyana -tutawanyana
2nd person -kutawanyana -watawanyana/-kutawanyaneni/-watawanyaneni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtawanyana -watawanyana
m-mi(III/IV) -utawanyana -itawanyana
ji-ma(V/VI) -litawanyana -yatawanyana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitawanyana -vitawanyana
n(IX/X) -itawanyana -zitawanyana
u(XI) -utawanyana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutawanyana
pa(XVI) -patawanyana
mu(XVIII) -mutawanyana
Reflexive -jitawanyana
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tawanyana- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tawanyanaye -tawanyanao
m-mi(III/IV) -tawanyanao -tawanyanayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tawanyanalo -tawanyanayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tawanyanacho -tawanyanavyo
n(IX/X) -tawanyanayo -tawanyanazo
u(XI) -tawanyanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tawanyanako
pa(XVI) -tawanyanapo
mu(XVIII) -tawanyanamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tawanyana)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetawanyana -otawanyana
m-mi(III/IV) -otawanyana -yotawanyana
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotawanyana -yotawanyana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotawanyana -vyotawanyana
n(IX/X) -yotawanyana -zotawanyana
u(XI) -otawanyana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotawanyana
pa(XVI) -potawanyana
mu(XVIII) -motawanyana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.