tengana

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tengana (infinitive kutengana)

  1. Reciprocal form of -tenga: to be separated
  2. to be estranged

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tengana
Positive present -natengana
Subjunctive -tengane
Negative -tengani
Imperative singular tengana
Infinitives
Positive kutengana
Negative kutotengana
Imperatives
Singular tengana
Plural tenganeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutengana
Positive past positive subject concord + -litengana
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutengana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natengana)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatengana/natengana tunatengana
2nd person unatengana mnatengana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatengana wanatengana
other classes positive subject concord + -natengana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tengani)
Singular Plural
1st person sitengani hatutengani
2nd person hutengani hamtengani
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatengani hawatengani
other classes negative subject concord + -tengani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatengana
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatengana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tengane)
Singular Plural
1st person nitengane tutengane
2nd person utengane mtengane
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atengane watengane
other classes positive subject concord + -tengane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitengane
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetengana
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetengana
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitengana
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitengana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atengana)
Singular Plural
1st person natengana twatengana
2nd person watengana mwatengana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atengana watengana
m-mi(III/IV) watengana yatengana
ji-ma(V/VI) latengana yatengana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatengana vyatengana
n(IX/X) yatengana zatengana
u(XI) watengana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatengana
pa(XVI) patengana
mu(XVIII) mwatengana
Perfect positive subject concord + -metengana
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatengana
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatengana
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitengana
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotengana
Consecutive katengana / positive subject concord + -katengana
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katengane
Object concord —
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + -tengana- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tenganaye -tenganao
m-mi(III/IV) -tenganao -tenganayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tenganalo -tenganayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tenganacho -tenganavyo
n(IX/X) -tenganayo -tenganazo
u(XI) -tenganao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tenganako
pa(XVI) -tenganapo
mu(XVIII) -tenganamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -tengana)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetengana -otengana
m-mi(III/IV) -otengana -yotengana
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotengana -yotengana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotengana -vyotengana
n(IX/X) -yotengana -zotengana
u(XI) -otengana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotengana
pa(XVI) -potengana
mu(XVIII) -motengana
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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