onekana

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-onekana (infinitive kuonekana)

  1. Reciprocal form of -ona: to be visible, to be apparent
  2. to seem

Conjugation

Conjugation of -onekana
Positive present -naonekana
Subjunctive -onekane
Negative -onekani
Imperative singular onekana
Infinitives
Positive kuonekana
Negative kutoonekana
Imperatives
Singular onekana
Plural onekaneni
Tensed forms
Habitual huonekana
Positive past positive subject concord + -lionekana
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuonekana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naonekana)
Singular Plural
1st person ninaonekana/naonekana tunaonekana
2nd person unaonekana mnaonekana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaonekana wanaonekana
other classes positive subject concord + -naonekana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -onekani)
Singular Plural
1st person sionekani hatuonekani
2nd person huonekani hamwonekani
3rd person m-wa(I/II) haonekani hawaonekani
other classes negative subject concord + -onekani
Positive future positive subject concord + -taonekana
Negative future negative subject concord + -taonekana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -onekane)
Singular Plural
1st person nionekane tuonekane
2nd person uonekane mwonekane
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aonekane waonekane
other classes positive subject concord + -onekane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sionekane
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeonekana
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeonekana
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalionekana
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalionekana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aonekana)
Singular Plural
1st person naonekana twaonekana
2nd person waonekana mwaonekana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aonekana waonekana
m-mi(III/IV) waonekana yaonekana
ji-ma(V/VI) laonekana yaonekana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaonekana vyaonekana
n(IX/X) yaonekana zaonekana
u(XI) waonekana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwaonekana
pa(XVI) paonekana
mu(XVIII) mwaonekana
Perfect positive subject concord + -meonekana
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshaonekana
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaonekana
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kionekana
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipoonekana
Consecutive kaonekana / positive subject concord + -kaonekana
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaonekane
Object concord
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + -onekana- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -onekanaye -onekanao
m-mi(III/IV) -onekanao -onekanayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -onekanalo -onekanayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -onekanacho -onekanavyo
n(IX/X) -onekanayo -onekanazo
u(XI) -onekanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -onekanako
pa(XVI) -onekanapo
mu(XVIII) -onekanamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -onekana)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yeonekana -oonekana
m-mi(III/IV) -oonekana -yoonekana
ji-ma(V/VI) -loonekana -yoonekana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choonekana -vyoonekana
n(IX/X) -yoonekana -zoonekana
u(XI) -oonekana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -koonekana
pa(XVI) -poonekana
mu(XVIII) -moonekana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.