tetemeka

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tetemeka (infinitive kutetemeka)

  1. Stative form of -tetema

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tetemeka
Positive present -natetemeka
Subjunctive -tetemeke
Negative -tetemeki
Imperative singular tetemeka
Infinitives
Positive kutetemeka
Negative kutotetemeka
Imperatives
Singular tetemeka
Plural tetemekeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutetemeka
Positive past positive subject concord + -litetemeka
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutetemeka
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natetemeka)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatetemeka/natetemeka tunatetemeka
2nd person unatetemeka mnatetemeka
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatetemeka wanatetemeka
other classes positive subject concord + -natetemeka
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tetemeki)
Singular Plural
1st person sitetemeki hatutetemeki
2nd person hutetemeki hamtetemeki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatetemeki hawatetemeki
other classes negative subject concord + -tetemeki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatetemeka
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatetemeka
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tetemeke)
Singular Plural
1st person nitetemeke tutetemeke
2nd person utetemeke mtetemeke
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atetemeke watetemeke
other classes positive subject concord + -tetemeke
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitetemeke
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetetemeka
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetetemeka
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitetemeka
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitetemeka
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atetemeka)
Singular Plural
1st person natetemeka twatetemeka
2nd person watetemeka mwatetemeka
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atetemeka watetemeka
m-mi(III/IV) watetemeka yatetemeka
ji-ma(V/VI) latetemeka yatetemeka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatetemeka vyatetemeka
n(IX/X) yatetemeka zatetemeka
u(XI) watetemeka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatetemeka
pa(XVI) patetemeka
mu(XVIII) mwatetemeka
Perfect positive subject concord + -metetemeka
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatetemeka
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatetemeka
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitetemeka
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotetemeka
Consecutive katetemeka / positive subject concord + -katetemeka
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katetemeke
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitetemeka -tutetemeka
2nd person -kutetemeka -watetemeka/-kutetemekeni/-watetemekeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtetemeka -watetemeka
m-mi(III/IV) -utetemeka -itetemeka
ji-ma(V/VI) -litetemeka -yatetemeka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitetemeka -vitetemeka
n(IX/X) -itetemeka -zitetemeka
u(XI) -utetemeka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutetemeka
pa(XVI) -patetemeka
mu(XVIII) -mutetemeka
Reflexive -jitetemeka
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tetemeka- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tetemekaye -tetemekao
m-mi(III/IV) -tetemekao -tetemekayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tetemekalo -tetemekayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tetemekacho -tetemekavyo
n(IX/X) -tetemekayo -tetemekazo
u(XI) -tetemekao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tetemekako
pa(XVI) -tetemekapo
mu(XVIII) -tetemekamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tetemeka)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetetemeka -otetemeka
m-mi(III/IV) -otetemeka -yotetemeka
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotetemeka -yotetemeka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotetemeka -vyotetemeka
n(IX/X) -yotetemeka -zotetemeka
u(XI) -otetemeka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotetemeka
pa(XVI) -potetemeka
mu(XVIII) -motetemeka
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms