pepetana

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-pepetana (infinitive kupepetana)

  1. to compete with another in a sport or game
    • 2013 June 8, “Uganda yafufua safari ya Brazil”, in BBC Swahili‎:
      Uganda sasa imesalia na mechi mechi mbili na imepangiwa kuchuana na Angola tarehe kumi na tano mwezi huu kabla ya kupepetana na Senegal tarehe 6 Septemba mwaka huu katika uwanja wa Leopold Senghor.
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    • 2019 June 4, Pascal Kwesiga, “Four Nights In Zuena”, in pascalkwesiga.com‎, archived from the original on 27 June 2019:
      Itabidi mwanamke umpeleke kwao ili mpepetane vizuri.
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Conjugation

Conjugation of -pepetana
Positive present -napepetana
Subjunctive -pepetane
Negative -pepetani
Imperative singular pepetana
Infinitives
Positive kupepetana
Negative kutopepetana
Imperatives
Singular pepetana
Plural pepetaneni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupepetana
Positive past positive subject concord + -lipepetana
Negative past negative subject concord + -kupepetana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napepetana)
Singular Plural
1st person ninapepetana/napepetana tunapepetana
2nd person unapepetana mnapepetana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapepetana wanapepetana
other classes positive subject concord + -napepetana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pepetani)
Singular Plural
1st person sipepetani hatupepetani
2nd person hupepetani hampepetani
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapepetani hawapepetani
other classes negative subject concord + -pepetani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapepetana
Negative future negative subject concord + -tapepetana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pepetane)
Singular Plural
1st person nipepetane tupepetane
2nd person upepetane mpepetane
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apepetane wapepetane
other classes positive subject concord + -pepetane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipepetane
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepepetana
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepepetana
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipepetana
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipepetana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apepetana)
Singular Plural
1st person napepetana twapepetana
2nd person wapepetana mwapepetana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apepetana wapepetana
m-mi(III/IV) wapepetana yapepetana
ji-ma(V/VI) lapepetana yapepetana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapepetana vyapepetana
n(IX/X) yapepetana zapepetana
u(XI) wapepetana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwapepetana
pa(XVI) papepetana
mu(XVIII) mwapepetana
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepepetana
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshapepetana
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -japepetana
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kipepetana
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipopepetana
Consecutive kapepetana / positive subject concord + -kapepetana
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapepetane
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nipepetana -tupepetana
2nd person -kupepetana -wapepetana/-kupepetaneni/-wapepetaneni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpepetana -wapepetana
m-mi(III/IV) -upepetana -ipepetana
ji-ma(V/VI) -lipepetana -yapepetana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipepetana -vipepetana
n(IX/X) -ipepetana -zipepetana
u(XI) -upepetana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kupepetana
pa(XVI) -papepetana
mu(XVIII) -mupepetana
Reflexive -jipepetana
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -pepetana- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -pepetanaye -pepetanao
m-mi(III/IV) -pepetanao -pepetanayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -pepetanalo -pepetanayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pepetanacho -pepetanavyo
n(IX/X) -pepetanayo -pepetanazo
u(XI) -pepetanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -pepetanako
pa(XVI) -pepetanapo
mu(XVIII) -pepetanamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -pepetana)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yepepetana -opepetana
m-mi(III/IV) -opepetana -yopepetana
ji-ma(V/VI) -lopepetana -yopepetana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopepetana -vyopepetana
n(IX/X) -yopepetana -zopepetana
u(XI) -opepetana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kopepetana
pa(XVI) -popepetana
mu(XVIII) -mopepetana
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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