-onwa (infinitive kuonwa)
- Passive form of -ona: to be seen
Conjugation of -onwa
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Positive present
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-naonwa
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Subjunctive
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-onwe
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Negative
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-onwi
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Imperative singular
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onwa
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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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huonwa
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lionwa
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kuonwa
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -naonwa)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninaonwa/naonwa
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tunaonwa
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2nd person
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unaonwa
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mnaonwa
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anaonwa
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wanaonwa
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -naonwa
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -onwi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sionwi
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hatuonwi
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2nd person
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huonwi
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hamwonwi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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haonwi
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hawaonwi
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -onwi
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -taonwa
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -taonwa
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -onwe)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nionwe
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tuonwe
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2nd person
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uonwe
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mwonwe
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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aonwe
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waonwe
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -onwe
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sionwe
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngeonwa
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singeonwa
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalionwa
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalionwa
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -meonwa
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshaonwa
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jaonwa
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kionwa
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipoonwa
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Consecutive
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kaonwa / positive subject concord + -kaonwa
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kaonwe
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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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