fanana

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-fanana (infinitive kufanana)

  1. to resemble, to look like
  2. to be similar

Conjugation

Conjugation of -fanana
Positive present -nafanana
Subjunctive -fanane
Negative -fanani
Imperative singular fanana
Infinitives
Positive kufanana
Negative kutofanana
Imperatives
Singular fanana
Plural fananeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufanana
Positive past positive subject concord + -lifanana
Negative past negative subject concord + -kufanana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafanana)
Singular Plural
1st person ninafanana/nafanana tunafanana
2nd person unafanana mnafanana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafanana wanafanana
other classes positive subject concord + -nafanana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fanani)
Singular Plural
1st person sifanani hatufanani
2nd person hufanani hamfanani
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafanani hawafanani
other classes negative subject concord + -fanani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafanana
Negative future negative subject concord + -tafanana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fanane)
Singular Plural
1st person nifanane tufanane
2nd person ufanane mfanane
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afanane wafanane
other classes positive subject concord + -fanane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifanane
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefanana
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefanana
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifanana
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifanana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afanana)
Singular Plural
1st person nafanana twafanana
2nd person wafanana mwafanana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afanana wafanana
m-mi(III/IV) wafanana yafanana
ji-ma(V/VI) lafanana yafanana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafanana vyafanana
n(IX/X) yafanana zafanana
u(XI) wafanana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwafanana
pa(XVI) pafanana
mu(XVIII) mwafanana
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefanana
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshafanana
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafanana
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kifanana
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipofanana
Consecutive kafanana / positive subject concord + -kafanana
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafanane
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nifanana -tufanana
2nd person -kufanana -wafanana/-kufananeni/-wafananeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfanana -wafanana
m-mi(III/IV) -ufanana -ifanana
ji-ma(V/VI) -lifanana -yafanana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifanana -vifanana
n(IX/X) -ifanana -zifanana
u(XI) -ufanana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kufanana
pa(XVI) -pafanana
mu(XVIII) -mufanana
Reflexive -jifanana
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fanana- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -fananaye -fananao
m-mi(III/IV) -fananao -fananayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -fananalo -fananayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fananacho -fananavyo
n(IX/X) -fananayo -fananazo
u(XI) -fananao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -fananako
pa(XVI) -fananapo
mu(XVIII) -fananamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -fanana)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yefanana -ofanana
m-mi(III/IV) -ofanana -yofanana
ji-ma(V/VI) -lofanana -yofanana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofanana -vyofanana
n(IX/X) -yofanana -zofanana
u(XI) -ofanana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kofanana
pa(XVI) -pofanana
mu(XVIII) -mofanana
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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