onja

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See also: -onja, ónǰa, and оня

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-onja (infinitive kuonja)

  1. to taste, try, test; investigate, examine

Conjugation

Conjugation of -onja
Positive present -naonja
Subjunctive -onje
Negative -onji
Imperative singular onja
Infinitives
Positive kuonja
Negative kutoonja
Imperatives
Singular onja
Plural onjeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huonja
Positive past positive subject concord + -lionja
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuonja
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naonja)
Singular Plural
1st person ninaonja/naonja tunaonja
2nd person unaonja mnaonja
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaonja wanaonja
other classes positive subject concord + -naonja
Negative present (negative subject concord + -onji)
Singular Plural
1st person sionji hatuonji
2nd person huonji hamwonji
3rd person m-wa(I/II) haonji hawaonji
other classes negative subject concord + -onji
Positive future positive subject concord + -taonja
Negative future negative subject concord + -taonja
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -onje)
Singular Plural
1st person nionje tuonje
2nd person uonje mwonje
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aonje waonje
other classes positive subject concord + -onje
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sionje
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeonja
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeonja
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalionja
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalionja
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aonja)
Singular Plural
1st person naonja twaonja
2nd person waonja mwaonja
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aonja waonja
m-mi(III/IV) waonja yaonja
ji-ma(V/VI) laonja yaonja
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaonja vyaonja
n(IX/X) yaonja zaonja
u(XI) waonja see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwaonja
pa(XVI) paonja
mu(XVIII) mwaonja
Perfect positive subject concord + -meonja
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshaonja
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaonja
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kionja
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipoonja
Consecutive kaonja / positive subject concord + -kaonja
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaonje
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nionja -tuonja
2nd person -kuonja -waonja/-kuonjeni/-waonjeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwonja -waonja
m-mi(III/IV) -uonja -ionja
ji-ma(V/VI) -lionja -yaonja
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kionja -vionja
n(IX/X) -ionja -zionja
u(XI) -uonja see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuonja
pa(XVI) -paonja
mu(XVIII) -muonja
Reflexive -jionja
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -onja- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -onjaye -onjao
m-mi(III/IV) -onjao -onjayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -onjalo -onjayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -onjacho -onjavyo
n(IX/X) -onjayo -onjazo
u(XI) -onjao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -onjako
pa(XVI) -onjapo
mu(XVIII) -onjamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -onja)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yeonja -oonja
m-mi(III/IV) -oonja -yoonja
ji-ma(V/VI) -loonja -yoonja
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choonja -vyoonja
n(IX/X) -yoonja -zoonja
u(XI) -oonja see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -koonja
pa(XVI) -poonja
mu(XVIII) -moonja
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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