tetana

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tetana (infinitive kutetana)

  1. Reciprocal form of -teta

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tetana
Positive present -natetana
Subjunctive -tetane
Negative -tetani
Imperative singular tetana
Infinitives
Positive kutetana
Negative kutotetana
Imperatives
Singular tetana
Plural tetaneni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutetana
Positive past positive subject concord + -litetana
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutetana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natetana)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatetana/natetana tunatetana
2nd person unatetana mnatetana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatetana wanatetana
other classes positive subject concord + -natetana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tetani)
Singular Plural
1st person sitetani hatutetani
2nd person hutetani hamtetani
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatetani hawatetani
other classes negative subject concord + -tetani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatetana
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatetana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tetane)
Singular Plural
1st person nitetane tutetane
2nd person utetane mtetane
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atetane watetane
other classes positive subject concord + -tetane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitetane
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetetana
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetetana
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitetana
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitetana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atetana)
Singular Plural
1st person natetana twatetana
2nd person watetana mwatetana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atetana watetana
m-mi(III/IV) watetana yatetana
ji-ma(V/VI) latetana yatetana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatetana vyatetana
n(IX/X) yatetana zatetana
u(XI) watetana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatetana
pa(XVI) patetana
mu(XVIII) mwatetana
Perfect positive subject concord + -metetana
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatetana
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatetana
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitetana
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotetana
Consecutive katetana / positive subject concord + -katetana
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katetane
Object concord —
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + -tetana- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tetanaye -tetanao
m-mi(III/IV) -tetanao -tetanayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tetanalo -tetanayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tetanacho -tetanavyo
n(IX/X) -tetanayo -tetanazo
u(XI) -tetanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tetanako
pa(XVI) -tetanapo
mu(XVIII) -tetanamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -tetana)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetetana -otetana
m-mi(III/IV) -otetana -yotetana
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotetana -yotetana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotetana -vyotetana
n(IX/X) -yotetana -zotetana
u(XI) -otetana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotetana
pa(XVI) -potetana
mu(XVIII) -motetana
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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