tangatanga

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Swahili

Etymology

Reduplication of -tanga (“to wander, to loiter”).

Verb

-tangatanga (infinitive kutangatanga)

  1. to wander, roam around

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tangatanga
Positive present -natangatanga
Subjunctive -tangatange
Negative -tangatangi
Imperative singular tangatanga
Infinitives
Positive kutangatanga
Negative kutotangatanga
Imperatives
Singular tangatanga
Plural tangatangeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutangatanga
Positive past positive subject concord + -litangatanga
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutangatanga
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natangatanga)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatangatanga/natangatanga tunatangatanga
2nd person unatangatanga mnatangatanga
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatangatanga wanatangatanga
other classes positive subject concord + -natangatanga
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tangatangi)
Singular Plural
1st person sitangatangi hatutangatangi
2nd person hutangatangi hamtangatangi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatangatangi hawatangatangi
other classes negative subject concord + -tangatangi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatangatanga
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatangatanga
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tangatange)
Singular Plural
1st person nitangatange tutangatange
2nd person utangatange mtangatange
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atangatange watangatange
other classes positive subject concord + -tangatange
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitangatange
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetangatanga
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetangatanga
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitangatanga
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitangatanga
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atangatanga)
Singular Plural
1st person natangatanga twatangatanga
2nd person watangatanga mwatangatanga
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atangatanga watangatanga
m-mi(III/IV) watangatanga yatangatanga
ji-ma(V/VI) latangatanga yatangatanga
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatangatanga vyatangatanga
n(IX/X) yatangatanga zatangatanga
u(XI) watangatanga see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatangatanga
pa(XVI) patangatanga
mu(XVIII) mwatangatanga
Perfect positive subject concord + -metangatanga
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatangatanga
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatangatanga
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitangatanga
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotangatanga
Consecutive katangatanga / positive subject concord + -katangatanga
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katangatange
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitangatanga -tutangatanga
2nd person -kutangatanga -watangatanga/-kutangatangeni/-watangatangeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtangatanga -watangatanga
m-mi(III/IV) -utangatanga -itangatanga
ji-ma(V/VI) -litangatanga -yatangatanga
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitangatanga -vitangatanga
n(IX/X) -itangatanga -zitangatanga
u(XI) -utangatanga see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutangatanga
pa(XVI) -patangatanga
mu(XVIII) -mutangatanga
Reflexive -jitangatanga
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tangatanga- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tangatangaye -tangatangao
m-mi(III/IV) -tangatangao -tangatangayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tangatangalo -tangatangayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tangatangacho -tangatangavyo
n(IX/X) -tangatangayo -tangatangazo
u(XI) -tangatangao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tangatangako
pa(XVI) -tangatangapo
mu(XVIII) -tangatangamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tangatanga)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetangatanga -otangatanga
m-mi(III/IV) -otangatanga -yotangatanga
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotangatanga -yotangatanga
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotangatanga -vyotangatanga
n(IX/X) -yotangatanga -zotangatanga
u(XI) -otangatanga see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotangatanga
pa(XVI) -potangatanga
mu(XVIII) -motangatanga
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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