pona

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See also: póna, poña, and p’óna

Kituba

Verb

pona

  1. to choose

Ladin

Adverb

pona

  1. then; later

Synonyms

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-pona (infinitive kupona)

  1. to heal, to recover
  2. to survive

Conjugation

Conjugation of -pona
Positive present -napona
Subjunctive -pone
Negative -poni
Imperative singular pona
Infinitives
Positive kupona
Negative kutopona
Imperatives
Singular pona
Plural poneni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupona
Positive past positive subject concord + -lipona
Negative past negative subject concord + -kupona
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napona)
Singular Plural
1st person ninapona/napona tunapona
2nd person unapona mnapona
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapona wanapona
other classes positive subject concord + -napona
Negative present (negative subject concord + -poni)
Singular Plural
1st person siponi hatuponi
2nd person huponi hamponi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) haponi hawaponi
other classes negative subject concord + -poni
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapona
Negative future negative subject concord + -tapona
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pone)
Singular Plural
1st person nipone tupone
2nd person upone mpone
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apone wapone
other classes positive subject concord + -pone
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipone
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepona
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepona
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipona
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipona
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apona)
Singular Plural
1st person napona twapona
2nd person wapona mwapona
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apona wapona
m-mi(III/IV) wapona yapona
ji-ma(V/VI) lapona yapona
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapona vyapona
n(IX/X) yapona zapona
u(XI) wapona see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwapona
pa(XVI) papona
mu(XVIII) mwapona
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepona
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshapona
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -japona
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kipona
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipopona
Consecutive kapona / positive subject concord + -kapona
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapone
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nipona -tupona
2nd person -kupona -wapona/-kuponeni/-waponeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpona -wapona
m-mi(III/IV) -upona -ipona
ji-ma(V/VI) -lipona -yapona
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipona -vipona
n(IX/X) -ipona -zipona
u(XI) -upona see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kupona
pa(XVI) -papona
mu(XVIII) -mupona
Reflexive -jipona
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -pona- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -ponaye -ponao
m-mi(III/IV) -ponao -ponayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -ponalo -ponayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -ponacho -ponavyo
n(IX/X) -ponayo -ponazo
u(XI) -ponao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -ponako
pa(XVI) -ponapo
mu(XVIII) -ponamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -pona)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yepona -opona
m-mi(III/IV) -opona -yopona
ji-ma(V/VI) -lopona -yopona
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopona -vyopona
n(IX/X) -yopona -zopona
u(XI) -opona see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kopona
pa(XVI) -popona
mu(XVIII) -mopona
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

Zou

Noun

pona

  1. shirt

References

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