tetea

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tetea (infinitive kutetea)

  1. Applicative form of -teta: to defend for someone, to represent someone in defense
  2. to cackle

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tetea
Positive present -natetea
Subjunctive -tetee
Negative -tetei
Imperative singular tetea
Infinitives
Positive kutetea
Negative kutotetea
Imperatives
Singular tetea
Plural teteeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutetea
Positive past positive subject concord + -litetea
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutetea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natetea)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatetea/natetea tunatetea
2nd person unatetea mnatetea
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatetea wanatetea
other classes positive subject concord + -natetea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tetei)
Singular Plural
1st person sitetei hatutetei
2nd person hutetei hamtetei
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatetei hawatetei
other classes negative subject concord + -tetei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatetea
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatetea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tetee)
Singular Plural
1st person nitetee tutetee
2nd person utetee mtetee
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atetee watetee
other classes positive subject concord + -tetee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitetee
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetetea
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetetea
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitetea
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitetea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atetea)
Singular Plural
1st person natetea twatetea
2nd person watetea mwatetea
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atetea watetea
m-mi(III/IV) watetea yatetea
ji-ma(V/VI) latetea yatetea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatetea vyatetea
n(IX/X) yatetea zatetea
u(XI) watetea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatetea
pa(XVI) patetea
mu(XVIII) mwatetea
Perfect positive subject concord + -metetea
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatetea
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatetea
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitetea
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotetea
Consecutive katetea / positive subject concord + -katetea
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katetee
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitetea -tutetea
2nd person -kutetea -watetea/-kuteteeni/-wateteeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtetea -watetea
m-mi(III/IV) -utetea -itetea
ji-ma(V/VI) -litetea -yatetea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitetea -vitetea
n(IX/X) -itetea -zitetea
u(XI) -utetea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutetea
pa(XVI) -patetea
mu(XVIII) -mutetea
Reflexive -jitetea
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tetea- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -teteaye -teteao
m-mi(III/IV) -teteao -teteayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tetealo -teteayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -teteacho -teteavyo
n(IX/X) -teteayo -teteazo
u(XI) -teteao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -teteako
pa(XVI) -teteapo
mu(XVIII) -teteamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tetea)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetetea -otetea
m-mi(III/IV) -otetea -yotetea
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotetea -yotetea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotetea -vyotetea
n(IX/X) -yotetea -zotetea
u(XI) -otetea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotetea
pa(XVI) -potetea
mu(XVIII) -motetea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

See also

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