-po

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Swahili

Suffix

-po

  1. pa class(XVI) relative marker, while, when
    tulipolala ― while we were asleep
    • 1973, Mohammed S. Abdulla, Duniani kuna watu, page 3:
      Ilikuwa kiasi cha saa moja-unusu ya usiku Kasim alipopanda ngazi pana […]
      It was about half past seven in the night when Kasim went up the wide stairs 

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Swahili verbal concords (third person)
Class Subject concord Object concord Relative
affirmative negative
m(I) a-, yu- ha-, hayu- -m-, -mw-, -mu- -ye
wa(II) wa- hawa- -wa- -o
m(III) u- hau- -u- -o
mi(IV) i- hai- -i- -yo
ji(V) li- hali- -li- -lo
ma(VI) ya- haya- -ya- -yo
ki(VII) ki- haki- -ki- -cho
vi(VIII) vi- havi- -vi- -vyo
n(IX) i- hai- -i- -yo
n(X) zi- hazi- -zi- -zo
u(XI) u- hau- -u- -o
ku(XV/XVII) ku- haku- -ku- -ko
pa(XVI) pa- hapa- -pa- -po
mu(XVIII) m-, mw-, mu- ham-, hamw-, hamu- -mu- -mo
For a full table including first and second person, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns.
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