Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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-ondoana (infinitive kuondoana)

  1. Reciprocal form of -ondoa

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -ondoana
Positive present -naondoana
Subjunctive -ondoane
Negative -ondoani
Imperative singular ondoana
Infinitives
Positive kuondoana
Negative kutoondoana
Imperatives
Singular ondoana
Plural ondoaneni
Tensed forms
Habitual huondoana
Positive past positive subject concord + -liondoana
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuondoana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naondoana)
Singular Plural
1st person ninaondoana/naondoana tunaondoana
2nd person unaondoana mnaondoana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaondoana wanaondoana
other classes positive subject concord + -naondoana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -ondoani)
Singular Plural
1st person siondoani hatuondoani
2nd person huondoani hamwondoani
3rd person m-wa(I/II) haondoani hawaondoani
other classes negative subject concord + -ondoani
Positive future positive subject concord + -taondoana
Negative future negative subject concord + -taondoana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -ondoane)
Singular Plural
1st person niondoane tuondoane
2nd person uondoane mwondoane
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aondoane waondoane
other classes positive subject concord + -ondoane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siondoane
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeondoana
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeondoana
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliondoana
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliondoana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aondoana)
Singular Plural
1st person naondoana twaondoana
2nd person waondoana mwaondoana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aondoana waondoana
m-mi(III/IV) waondoana yaondoana
ji-ma(V/VI) laondoana yaondoana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaondoana vyaondoana
n(IX/X) yaondoana zaondoana
u(XI) waondoana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwaondoana
pa(XVI) paondoana
mu(XVIII) mwaondoana
Perfect positive subject concord + -meondoana
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshaondoana
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaondoana
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kiondoana
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipoondoana
Consecutive kaondoana / positive subject concord + -kaondoana
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaondoane
Object concord
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + -ondoana- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -ondoanaye -ondoanao
m-mi(III/IV) -ondoanao -ondoanayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -ondoanalo -ondoanayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -ondoanacho -ondoanavyo
n(IX/X) -ondoanayo -ondoanazo
u(XI) -ondoanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -ondoanako
pa(XVI) -ondoanapo
mu(XVIII) -ondoanamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -ondoana)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yeondoana -oondoana
m-mi(III/IV) -oondoana -yoondoana
ji-ma(V/VI) -loondoana -yoondoana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choondoana -vyoondoana
n(IX/X) -yoondoana -zoondoana
u(XI) -oondoana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -koondoana
pa(XVI) -poondoana
mu(XVIII) -moondoana
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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