fungama

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Swahili

Etymology

-funga (“to tie, to fasten”) +‎ -ama.

Verb

-fungama (infinitive kufungama)

  1. to be bound, to be tied

Conjugation

Conjugation of -fungama
Positive present -nafungama
Subjunctive -fungame
Negative -fungami
Imperative singular fungama
Infinitives
Positive kufungama
Negative kutofungama
Imperatives
Singular fungama
Plural fungameni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufungama
Positive past positive subject concord + -lifungama
Negative past negative subject concord + -kufungama
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafungama)
Singular Plural
1st person ninafungama/nafungama tunafungama
2nd person unafungama mnafungama
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafungama wanafungama
other classes positive subject concord + -nafungama
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fungami)
Singular Plural
1st person sifungami hatufungami
2nd person hufungami hamfungami
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafungami hawafungami
other classes negative subject concord + -fungami
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafungama
Negative future negative subject concord + -tafungama
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fungame)
Singular Plural
1st person nifungame tufungame
2nd person ufungame mfungame
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afungame wafungame
other classes positive subject concord + -fungame
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifungame
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefungama
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefungama
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifungama
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifungama
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afungama)
Singular Plural
1st person nafungama twafungama
2nd person wafungama mwafungama
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afungama wafungama
m-mi(III/IV) wafungama yafungama
ji-ma(V/VI) lafungama yafungama
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafungama vyafungama
n(IX/X) yafungama zafungama
u(XI) wafungama see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwafungama
pa(XVI) pafungama
mu(XVIII) mwafungama
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefungama
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshafungama
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafungama
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kifungama
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipofungama
Consecutive kafungama / positive subject concord + -kafungama
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafungame
Object concord —
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + -fungama- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -fungamaye -fungamao
m-mi(III/IV) -fungamao -fungamayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -fungamalo -fungamayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fungamacho -fungamavyo
n(IX/X) -fungamayo -fungamazo
u(XI) -fungamao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -fungamako
pa(XVI) -fungamapo
mu(XVIII) -fungamamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -fungama)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yefungama -ofungama
m-mi(III/IV) -ofungama -yofungama
ji-ma(V/VI) -lofungama -yofungama
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofungama -vyofungama
n(IX/X) -yofungama -zofungama
u(XI) -ofungama see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kofungama
pa(XVI) -pofungama
mu(XVIII) -mofungama
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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