ambatana

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-ambatana (infinitive kuambatana)

  1. Reciprocal form of -ambata

Conjugation

Conjugation of -ambatana
Positive present -naambatana
Subjunctive -ambatane
Negative -ambatani
Imperative singular ambatana
Infinitives
Positive kuambatana
Negative kutoambatana
Imperatives
Singular ambatana
Plural ambataneni
Tensed forms
Habitual huambatana
Positive past positive subject concord + -liambatana
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuambatana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naambatana)
Singular Plural
1st person ninaambatana/naambatana tunaambatana
2nd person unaambatana mnaambatana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaambatana wanaambatana
other classes positive subject concord + -naambatana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -ambatani)
Singular Plural
1st person siambatani hatuambatani
2nd person huambatani hamwambatani
3rd person m-wa(I/II) haambatani hawaambatani
other classes negative subject concord + -ambatani
Positive future positive subject concord + -taambatana
Negative future negative subject concord + -taambatana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -ambatane)
Singular Plural
1st person niambatane tuambatane
2nd person uambatane mwambatane
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aambatane waambatane
other classes positive subject concord + -ambatane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siambatane
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeambatana
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeambatana
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliambatana
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliambatana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aambatana)
Singular Plural
1st person naambatana twaambatana
2nd person waambatana mwaambatana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aambatana waambatana
m-mi(III/IV) waambatana yaambatana
ji-ma(V/VI) laambatana yaambatana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaambatana vyaambatana
n(IX/X) yaambatana zaambatana
u(XI) waambatana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwaambatana
pa(XVI) paambatana
mu(XVIII) mwaambatana
Perfect positive subject concord + -meambatana
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshaambatana
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaambatana
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kiambatana
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipoambatana
Consecutive kaambatana / positive subject concord + -kaambatana
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaambatane
Object concord
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + -ambatana- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -ambatanaye -ambatanao
m-mi(III/IV) -ambatanao -ambatanayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -ambatanalo -ambatanayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -ambatanacho -ambatanavyo
n(IX/X) -ambatanayo -ambatanazo
u(XI) -ambatanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -ambatanako
pa(XVI) -ambatanapo
mu(XVIII) -ambatanamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -ambatana)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yeambatana -oambatana
m-mi(III/IV) -oambatana -yoambatana
ji-ma(V/VI) -loambatana -yoambatana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choambatana -vyoambatana
n(IX/X) -yoambatana -zoambatana
u(XI) -oambatana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -koambatana
pa(XVI) -poambatana
mu(XVIII) -moambatana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.