fungwa

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-fungwa (infinitive kufungwa)

  1. Passive form of -funga: to be closed, to be imprisoned
    kufungwa gerezani ― to be locked up in jail
  2. (sports) to be defeated, to lose a game
    Synonym: -shindwa

Conjugation

Conjugation of -fungwa
Positive present -nafungwa
Subjunctive -fungwe
Negative -fungwi
Imperative singular fungwa
Infinitives
Positive kufungwa
Negative kutofungwa
Imperatives
Singular fungwa
Plural fungweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufungwa
Positive past positive subject concord + -lifungwa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kufungwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafungwa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninafungwa/nafungwa tunafungwa
2nd person unafungwa mnafungwa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafungwa wanafungwa
other classes positive subject concord + -nafungwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fungwi)
Singular Plural
1st person sifungwi hatufungwi
2nd person hufungwi hamfungwi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafungwi hawafungwi
other classes negative subject concord + -fungwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafungwa
Negative future negative subject concord + -tafungwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fungwe)
Singular Plural
1st person nifungwe tufungwe
2nd person ufungwe mfungwe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afungwe wafungwe
other classes positive subject concord + -fungwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifungwe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefungwa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefungwa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifungwa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifungwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afungwa)
Singular Plural
1st person nafungwa twafungwa
2nd person wafungwa mwafungwa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afungwa wafungwa
m-mi(III/IV) wafungwa yafungwa
ji-ma(V/VI) lafungwa yafungwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafungwa vyafungwa
n(IX/X) yafungwa zafungwa
u(XI) wafungwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwafungwa
pa(XVI) pafungwa
mu(XVIII) mwafungwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefungwa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshafungwa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafungwa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kifungwa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipofungwa
Consecutive kafungwa / positive subject concord + -kafungwa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafungwe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nifungwa -tufungwa
2nd person -kufungwa -wafungwa/-kufungweni/-wafungweni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfungwa -wafungwa
m-mi(III/IV) -ufungwa -ifungwa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lifungwa -yafungwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifungwa -vifungwa
n(IX/X) -ifungwa -zifungwa
u(XI) -ufungwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kufungwa
pa(XVI) -pafungwa
mu(XVIII) -mufungwa
Reflexive -jifungwa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fungwa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -fungwaye -fungwao
m-mi(III/IV) -fungwao -fungwayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -fungwalo -fungwayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fungwacho -fungwavyo
n(IX/X) -fungwayo -fungwazo
u(XI) -fungwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -fungwako
pa(XVI) -fungwapo
mu(XVIII) -fungwamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -fungwa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yefungwa -ofungwa
m-mi(III/IV) -ofungwa -yofungwa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lofungwa -yofungwa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofungwa -vyofungwa
n(IX/X) -yofungwa -zofungwa
u(XI) -ofungwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kofungwa
pa(XVI) -pofungwa
mu(XVIII) -mofungwa
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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