pakania

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Swahili

Verb

-pakania (infinitive kupakania)

  1. Applicative form of -pakana

Conjugation

Conjugation of -pakania
Positive present -napakania
Subjunctive -pakanie
Negative -pakanii
Imperative singular pakania
Infinitives
Positive kupakania
Negative kutopakania
Imperatives
Singular pakania
Plural pakanieni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupakania
Positive past positive subject concord + -lipakania
Negative past negative subject concord + -kupakania
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napakania)
Singular Plural
1st person ninapakania/napakania tunapakania
2nd person unapakania mnapakania
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapakania wanapakania
other classes positive subject concord + -napakania
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pakanii)
Singular Plural
1st person sipakanii hatupakanii
2nd person hupakanii hampakanii
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapakanii hawapakanii
other classes negative subject concord + -pakanii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapakania
Negative future negative subject concord + -tapakania
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pakanie)
Singular Plural
1st person nipakanie tupakanie
2nd person upakanie mpakanie
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apakanie wapakanie
other classes positive subject concord + -pakanie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipakanie
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepakania
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepakania
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipakania
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipakania
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apakania)
Singular Plural
1st person napakania twapakania
2nd person wapakania mwapakania
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apakania wapakania
m-mi(III/IV) wapakania yapakania
ji-ma(V/VI) lapakania yapakania
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapakania vyapakania
n(IX/X) yapakania zapakania
u(XI) wapakania see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwapakania
pa(XVI) papakania
mu(XVIII) mwapakania
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepakania
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshapakania
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -japakania
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kipakania
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipopakania
Consecutive kapakania / positive subject concord + -kapakania
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapakanie
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nipakania -tupakania
2nd person -kupakania -wapakania/-kupakanieni/-wapakanieni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpakania -wapakania
m-mi(III/IV) -upakania -ipakania
ji-ma(V/VI) -lipakania -yapakania
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipakania -vipakania
n(IX/X) -ipakania -zipakania
u(XI) -upakania see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kupakania
pa(XVI) -papakania
mu(XVIII) -mupakania
Reflexive -jipakania
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -pakania- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -pakaniaye -pakaniao
m-mi(III/IV) -pakaniao -pakaniayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -pakanialo -pakaniayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pakaniacho -pakaniavyo
n(IX/X) -pakaniayo -pakaniazo
u(XI) -pakaniao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -pakaniako
pa(XVI) -pakaniapo
mu(XVIII) -pakaniamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -pakania)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yepakania -opakania
m-mi(III/IV) -opakania -yopakania
ji-ma(V/VI) -lopakania -yopakania
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopakania -vyopakania
n(IX/X) -yopakania -zopakania
u(XI) -opakania see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kopakania
pa(XVI) -popakania
mu(XVIII) -mopakania
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.