gandama

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Swahili

Etymology

-ganda (“to coagulate”) +‎ -ama.

Verb

-gandama (infinitive kugandama)

  1. to stick

Conjugation

Conjugation of -gandama
Positive present -nagandama
Subjunctive -gandame
Negative -gandami
Imperative singular gandama
Infinitives
Positive kugandama
Negative kutogandama
Imperatives
Singular gandama
Plural gandameni
Tensed forms
Habitual hugandama
Positive past positive subject concord + -ligandama
Negative past negative subject concord + -kugandama
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nagandama)
Singular Plural
1st person ninagandama/nagandama tunagandama
2nd person unagandama mnagandama
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anagandama wanagandama
other classes positive subject concord + -nagandama
Negative present (negative subject concord + -gandami)
Singular Plural
1st person sigandami hatugandami
2nd person hugandami hamgandami
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hagandami hawagandami
other classes negative subject concord + -gandami
Positive future positive subject concord + -tagandama
Negative future negative subject concord + -tagandama
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -gandame)
Singular Plural
1st person nigandame tugandame
2nd person ugandame mgandame
3rd person m-wa(I/II) agandame wagandame
other classes positive subject concord + -gandame
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sigandame
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngegandama
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singegandama
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaligandama
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaligandama
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -agandama)
Singular Plural
1st person nagandama twagandama
2nd person wagandama mwagandama
3rd person m-wa(I/II) agandama wagandama
m-mi(III/IV) wagandama yagandama
ji-ma(V/VI) lagandama yagandama
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chagandama vyagandama
n(IX/X) yagandama zagandama
u(XI) wagandama see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwagandama
pa(XVI) pagandama
mu(XVIII) mwagandama
Perfect positive subject concord + -megandama
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshagandama
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jagandama
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kigandama
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipogandama
Consecutive kagandama / positive subject concord + -kagandama
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kagandame
Object concord —
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + -gandama- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -gandamaye -gandamao
m-mi(III/IV) -gandamao -gandamayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -gandamalo -gandamayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -gandamacho -gandamavyo
n(IX/X) -gandamayo -gandamazo
u(XI) -gandamao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -gandamako
pa(XVI) -gandamapo
mu(XVIII) -gandamamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -gandama)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yegandama -ogandama
m-mi(III/IV) -ogandama -yogandama
ji-ma(V/VI) -logandama -yogandama
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chogandama -vyogandama
n(IX/X) -yogandama -zogandama
u(XI) -ogandama see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kogandama
pa(XVI) -pogandama
mu(XVIII) -mogandama
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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