tamani

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See also: tama ni

Finnish

Noun

tamani

  1. inflection of tama:
    1. first-person singular possessive form of nominative/genitive singular
    2. first-person singular possessive form of nominative/accusative plural (my Tamagotchi)

Japanese

Romanization

tamani

  1. Rōmaji transcription of たまに

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَمَنَّى (tamannā).

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tamani (infinitive kutamani)

  1. to desire, want, crave, long for

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tamani
Positive present -natamani
Subjunctive -tamani
Negative -tamani
Imperative singular tamani
Infinitives
Positive kutamani
Negative kutotamani
Imperatives
Singular tamani
Plural tamanini
Tensed forms
Habitual hutamani
Positive past positive subject concord + -litamani
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutamani
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natamani)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatamani/natamani tunatamani
2nd person unatamani mnatamani
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatamani wanatamani
other classes positive subject concord + -natamani
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tamani)
Singular Plural
1st person sitamani hatutamani
2nd person hutamani hamtamani
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatamani hawatamani
other classes negative subject concord + -tamani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatamani
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatamani
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tamani)
Singular Plural
1st person nitamani tutamani
2nd person utamani mtamani
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atamani watamani
other classes positive subject concord + -tamani
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitamani
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetamani
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetamani
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitamani
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitamani
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atamani)
Singular Plural
1st person natamani twatamani
2nd person watamani mwatamani
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atamani watamani
m-mi(III/IV) watamani yatamani
ji-ma(V/VI) latamani yatamani
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatamani vyatamani
n(IX/X) yatamani zatamani
u(XI) watamani see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatamani
pa(XVI) patamani
mu(XVIII) mwatamani
Perfect positive subject concord + -metamani
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatamani
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatamani
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitamani
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotamani
Consecutive katamani / positive subject concord + -katamani
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katamani
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitamani -tutamani
2nd person -kutamani -watamani/-kutamanini/-watamanini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtamani -watamani
m-mi(III/IV) -utamani -itamani
ji-ma(V/VI) -litamani -yatamani
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitamani -vitamani
n(IX/X) -itamani -zitamani
u(XI) -utamani see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutamani
pa(XVI) -patamani
mu(XVIII) -mutamani
Reflexive -jitamani
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tamani- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tamaniye -tamanio
m-mi(III/IV) -tamanio -tamaniyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tamanilo -tamaniyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tamanicho -tamanivyo
n(IX/X) -tamaniyo -tamanizo
u(XI) -tamanio see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tamaniko
pa(XVI) -tamanipo
mu(XVIII) -tamanimo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tamani)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetamani -otamani
m-mi(III/IV) -otamani -yotamani
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotamani -yotamani
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotamani -vyotamani
n(IX/X) -yotamani -zotamani
u(XI) -otamani see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotamani
pa(XVI) -potamani
mu(XVIII) -motamani
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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