tandika

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tandika (infinitive kutandika)

  1. Stative form of -tanda: to lay out
  2. to beat, hit

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tandika
Positive present -natandika
Subjunctive -tandike
Negative -tandiki
Imperative singular tandika
Infinitives
Positive kutandika
Negative kutotandika
Imperatives
Singular tandika
Plural tandikeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutandika
Positive past positive subject concord + -litandika
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutandika
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natandika)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatandika/natandika tunatandika
2nd person unatandika mnatandika
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatandika wanatandika
other classes positive subject concord + -natandika
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tandiki)
Singular Plural
1st person sitandiki hatutandiki
2nd person hutandiki hamtandiki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatandiki hawatandiki
other classes negative subject concord + -tandiki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatandika
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatandika
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tandike)
Singular Plural
1st person nitandike tutandike
2nd person utandike mtandike
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atandike watandike
other classes positive subject concord + -tandike
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitandike
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetandika
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetandika
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitandika
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitandika
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atandika)
Singular Plural
1st person natandika twatandika
2nd person watandika mwatandika
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atandika watandika
m-mi(III/IV) watandika yatandika
ji-ma(V/VI) latandika yatandika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatandika vyatandika
n(IX/X) yatandika zatandika
u(XI) watandika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatandika
pa(XVI) patandika
mu(XVIII) mwatandika
Perfect positive subject concord + -metandika
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatandika
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatandika
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitandika
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotandika
Consecutive katandika / positive subject concord + -katandika
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katandike
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitandika -tutandika
2nd person -kutandika -watandika/-kutandikeni/-watandikeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtandika -watandika
m-mi(III/IV) -utandika -itandika
ji-ma(V/VI) -litandika -yatandika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitandika -vitandika
n(IX/X) -itandika -zitandika
u(XI) -utandika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutandika
pa(XVI) -patandika
mu(XVIII) -mutandika
Reflexive -jitandika
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tandika- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tandikaye -tandikao
m-mi(III/IV) -tandikao -tandikayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tandikalo -tandikayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tandikacho -tandikavyo
n(IX/X) -tandikayo -tandikazo
u(XI) -tandikao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tandikako
pa(XVI) -tandikapo
mu(XVIII) -tandikamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tandika)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetandika -otandika
m-mi(III/IV) -otandika -yotandika
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotandika -yotandika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotandika -vyotandika
n(IX/X) -yotandika -zotandika
u(XI) -otandika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotandika
pa(XVI) -potandika
mu(XVIII) -motandika
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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