pendana

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-pendana (infinitive kupendana)

  1. Reciprocal form of -penda: to like each other, to love each other

Conjugation

Conjugation of -pendana
Positive present -napendana
Subjunctive -pendane
Negative -pendani
Imperative singular pendana
Infinitives
Positive kupendana
Negative kutopendana
Imperatives
Singular pendana
Plural pendaneni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupendana
Positive past positive subject concord + -lipendana
Negative past negative subject concord + -kupendana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napendana)
Singular Plural
1st person ninapendana/napendana tunapendana
2nd person unapendana mnapendana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapendana wanapendana
other classes positive subject concord + -napendana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pendani)
Singular Plural
1st person sipendani hatupendani
2nd person hupendani hampendani
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapendani hawapendani
other classes negative subject concord + -pendani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapendana
Negative future negative subject concord + -tapendana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pendane)
Singular Plural
1st person nipendane tupendane
2nd person upendane mpendane
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apendane wapendane
other classes positive subject concord + -pendane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipendane
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngependana
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singependana
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipendana
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipendana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apendana)
Singular Plural
1st person napendana twapendana
2nd person wapendana mwapendana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apendana wapendana
m-mi(III/IV) wapendana yapendana
ji-ma(V/VI) lapendana yapendana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapendana vyapendana
n(IX/X) yapendana zapendana
u(XI) wapendana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwapendana
pa(XVI) papendana
mu(XVIII) mwapendana
Perfect positive subject concord + -mependana
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshapendana
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -japendana
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kipendana
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipopendana
Consecutive kapendana / positive subject concord + -kapendana
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapendane
Object concord —
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + -pendana- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -pendanaye -pendanao
m-mi(III/IV) -pendanao -pendanayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -pendanalo -pendanayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pendanacho -pendanavyo
n(IX/X) -pendanayo -pendanazo
u(XI) -pendanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -pendanako
pa(XVI) -pendanapo
mu(XVIII) -pendanamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -pendana)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yependana -opendana
m-mi(III/IV) -opendana -yopendana
ji-ma(V/VI) -lopendana -yopendana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopendana -vyopendana
n(IX/X) -yopendana -zopendana
u(XI) -opendana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kopendana
pa(XVI) -popendana
mu(XVIII) -mopendana
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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