tamanika

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tamanika (infinitive kutamanika)

  1. Stative form of -tamani: to be desirable

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tamanika
Positive present -natamanika
Subjunctive -tamanike
Negative -tamaniki
Imperative singular tamanika
Infinitives
Positive kutamanika
Negative kutotamanika
Imperatives
Singular tamanika
Plural tamanikeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutamanika
Positive past positive subject concord + -litamanika
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutamanika
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natamanika)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatamanika/natamanika tunatamanika
2nd person unatamanika mnatamanika
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatamanika wanatamanika
other classes positive subject concord + -natamanika
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tamaniki)
Singular Plural
1st person sitamaniki hatutamaniki
2nd person hutamaniki hamtamaniki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatamaniki hawatamaniki
other classes negative subject concord + -tamaniki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatamanika
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatamanika
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tamanike)
Singular Plural
1st person nitamanike tutamanike
2nd person utamanike mtamanike
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atamanike watamanike
other classes positive subject concord + -tamanike
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitamanike
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetamanika
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetamanika
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitamanika
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitamanika
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atamanika)
Singular Plural
1st person natamanika twatamanika
2nd person watamanika mwatamanika
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atamanika watamanika
m-mi(III/IV) watamanika yatamanika
ji-ma(V/VI) latamanika yatamanika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatamanika vyatamanika
n(IX/X) yatamanika zatamanika
u(XI) watamanika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatamanika
pa(XVI) patamanika
mu(XVIII) mwatamanika
Perfect positive subject concord + -metamanika
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatamanika
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatamanika
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitamanika
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotamanika
Consecutive katamanika / positive subject concord + -katamanika
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katamanike
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitamanika -tutamanika
2nd person -kutamanika -watamanika/-kutamanikeni/-watamanikeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtamanika -watamanika
m-mi(III/IV) -utamanika -itamanika
ji-ma(V/VI) -litamanika -yatamanika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitamanika -vitamanika
n(IX/X) -itamanika -zitamanika
u(XI) -utamanika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutamanika
pa(XVI) -patamanika
mu(XVIII) -mutamanika
Reflexive -jitamanika
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tamanika- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tamanikaye -tamanikao
m-mi(III/IV) -tamanikao -tamanikayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tamanikalo -tamanikayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tamanikacho -tamanikavyo
n(IX/X) -tamanikayo -tamanikazo
u(XI) -tamanikao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tamanikako
pa(XVI) -tamanikapo
mu(XVIII) -tamanikamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tamanika)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetamanika -otamanika
m-mi(III/IV) -otamanika -yotamanika
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotamanika -yotamanika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotamanika -vyotamanika
n(IX/X) -yotamanika -zotamanika
u(XI) -otamanika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotamanika
pa(XVI) -potamanika
mu(XVIII) -motamanika
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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