fungana

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-fungana (infinitive kufungana)

  1. Reciprocal form of -funga

Conjugation

Conjugation of -fungana
Positive present -nafungana
Subjunctive -fungane
Negative -fungani
Imperative singular fungana
Infinitives
Positive kufungana
Negative kutofungana
Imperatives
Singular fungana
Plural funganeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufungana
Positive past positive subject concord + -lifungana
Negative past negative subject concord + -kufungana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafungana)
Singular Plural
1st person ninafungana/nafungana tunafungana
2nd person unafungana mnafungana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafungana wanafungana
other classes positive subject concord + -nafungana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fungani)
Singular Plural
1st person sifungani hatufungani
2nd person hufungani hamfungani
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafungani hawafungani
other classes negative subject concord + -fungani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafungana
Negative future negative subject concord + -tafungana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fungane)
Singular Plural
1st person nifungane tufungane
2nd person ufungane mfungane
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afungane wafungane
other classes positive subject concord + -fungane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifungane
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefungana
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefungana
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifungana
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifungana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afungana)
Singular Plural
1st person nafungana twafungana
2nd person wafungana mwafungana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afungana wafungana
m-mi(III/IV) wafungana yafungana
ji-ma(V/VI) lafungana yafungana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafungana vyafungana
n(IX/X) yafungana zafungana
u(XI) wafungana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwafungana
pa(XVI) pafungana
mu(XVIII) mwafungana
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefungana
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshafungana
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafungana
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kifungana
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipofungana
Consecutive kafungana / positive subject concord + -kafungana
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafungane
Object concord —
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + -fungana- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -funganaye -funganao
m-mi(III/IV) -funganao -funganayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -funganalo -funganayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -funganacho -funganavyo
n(IX/X) -funganayo -funganazo
u(XI) -funganao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -funganako
pa(XVI) -funganapo
mu(XVIII) -funganamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -fungana)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yefungana -ofungana
m-mi(III/IV) -ofungana -yofungana
ji-ma(V/VI) -lofungana -yofungana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofungana -vyofungana
n(IX/X) -yofungana -zofungana
u(XI) -ofungana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kofungana
pa(XVI) -pofungana
mu(XVIII) -mofungana
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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