sonya

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Swahili

Verb

-sonya (infinitive kusonya)

  1. to whistle or click in contempt

Conjugation

Conjugation of -sonya
Positive present -nasonya
Subjunctive -sonye
Negative -sonyi
Imperative singular sonya
Infinitives
Positive kusonya
Negative kutosonya
Imperatives
Singular sonya
Plural sonyeni
Tensed forms
Habitual husonya
Positive past positive subject concord + -lisonya
Negative past negative subject concord + -kusonya
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasonya)
Singular Plural
1st person ninasonya/nasonya tunasonya
2nd person unasonya mnasonya
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anasonya wanasonya
other classes positive subject concord + -nasonya
Negative present (negative subject concord + -sonyi)
Singular Plural
1st person sisonyi hatusonyi
2nd person husonyi hamsonyi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hasonyi hawasonyi
other classes negative subject concord + -sonyi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tasonya
Negative future negative subject concord + -tasonya
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -sonye)
Singular Plural
1st person nisonye tusonye
2nd person usonye msonye
3rd person m-wa(I/II) asonye wasonye
other classes positive subject concord + -sonye
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sisonye
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngesonya
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singesonya
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalisonya
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalisonya
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asonya)
Singular Plural
1st person nasonya twasonya
2nd person wasonya mwasonya
3rd person m-wa(I/II) asonya wasonya
m-mi(III/IV) wasonya yasonya
ji-ma(V/VI) lasonya yasonya
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chasonya vyasonya
n(IX/X) yasonya zasonya
u(XI) wasonya see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwasonya
pa(XVI) pasonya
mu(XVIII) mwasonya
Perfect positive subject concord + -mesonya
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshasonya
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jasonya
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kisonya
"If not" positive subject concord + -siposonya
Consecutive kasonya / positive subject concord + -kasonya
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kasonye
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nisonya -tusonya
2nd person -kusonya -wasonya/-kusonyeni/-wasonyeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -msonya -wasonya
m-mi(III/IV) -usonya -isonya
ji-ma(V/VI) -lisonya -yasonya
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kisonya -visonya
n(IX/X) -isonya -zisonya
u(XI) -usonya see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kusonya
pa(XVI) -pasonya
mu(XVIII) -musonya
Reflexive -jisonya
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -sonya- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -sonyaye -sonyao
m-mi(III/IV) -sonyao -sonyayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -sonyalo -sonyayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -sonyacho -sonyavyo
n(IX/X) -sonyayo -sonyazo
u(XI) -sonyao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -sonyako
pa(XVI) -sonyapo
mu(XVIII) -sonyamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -sonya)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yesonya -osonya
m-mi(III/IV) -osonya -yosonya
ji-ma(V/VI) -losonya -yosonya
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chosonya -vyosonya
n(IX/X) -yosonya -zosonya
u(XI) -osonya see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kosonya
pa(XVI) -posonya
mu(XVIII) -mosonya
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.