ongea

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-ongea (infinitive kuongea)

  1. to speak, to talk
  2. to chat, to converse

Conjugation

Conjugation of -ongea
Positive present -naongea
Subjunctive -ongee
Negative -ongei
Imperative singular ongea
Infinitives
Positive kuongea
Negative kutoongea
Imperatives
Singular ongea
Plural ongeeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huongea
Positive past positive subject concord + -liongea
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuongea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naongea)
Singular Plural
1st person ninaongea/naongea tunaongea
2nd person unaongea mnaongea
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaongea wanaongea
other classes positive subject concord + -naongea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -ongei)
Singular Plural
1st person siongei hatuongei
2nd person huongei hamwongei
3rd person m-wa(I/II) haongei hawaongei
other classes negative subject concord + -ongei
Positive future positive subject concord + -taongea
Negative future negative subject concord + -taongea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -ongee)
Singular Plural
1st person niongee tuongee
2nd person uongee mwongee
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aongee waongee
other classes positive subject concord + -ongee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siongee
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeongea
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeongea
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliongea
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliongea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aongea)
Singular Plural
1st person naongea twaongea
2nd person waongea mwaongea
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aongea waongea
m-mi(III/IV) waongea yaongea
ji-ma(V/VI) laongea yaongea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaongea vyaongea
n(IX/X) yaongea zaongea
u(XI) waongea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwaongea
pa(XVI) paongea
mu(XVIII) mwaongea
Perfect positive subject concord + -meongea
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshaongea
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaongea
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kiongea
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipoongea
Consecutive kaongea / positive subject concord + -kaongea
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaongee
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -niongea -tuongea
2nd person -kuongea -waongea/-kuongeeni/-waongeeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwongea -waongea
m-mi(III/IV) -uongea -iongea
ji-ma(V/VI) -liongea -yaongea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiongea -viongea
n(IX/X) -iongea -ziongea
u(XI) -uongea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuongea
pa(XVI) -paongea
mu(XVIII) -muongea
Reflexive -jiongea
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -ongea- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -ongeaye -ongeao
m-mi(III/IV) -ongeao -ongeayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -ongealo -ongeayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -ongeacho -ongeavyo
n(IX/X) -ongeayo -ongeazo
u(XI) -ongeao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -ongeako
pa(XVI) -ongeapo
mu(XVIII) -ongeamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -ongea)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yeongea -oongea
m-mi(III/IV) -oongea -yoongea
ji-ma(V/VI) -loongea -yoongea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choongea -vyoongea
n(IX/X) -yoongea -zoongea
u(XI) -oongea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -koongea
pa(XVI) -poongea
mu(XVIII) -moongea
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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