ungana

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-ungana (infinitive kuungana)

  1. Reciprocal form of -unga: to join together

Conjugation

Conjugation of -ungana
Positive present -naungana
Subjunctive -ungane
Negative -ungani
Imperative singular ungana
Infinitives
Positive kuungana
Negative kutoungana
Imperatives
Singular ungana
Plural unganeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huungana
Positive past positive subject concord + -liungana
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuungana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naungana)
Singular Plural
1st person ninaungana/naungana tunaungana
2nd person unaungana mnaungana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaungana wanaungana
other classes positive subject concord + -naungana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -ungani)
Singular Plural
1st person siungani hatuungani
2nd person huungani hamuungani
3rd person m-wa(I/II) haungani hawaungani
other classes negative subject concord + -ungani
Positive future positive subject concord + -taungana
Negative future negative subject concord + -taungana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -ungane)
Singular Plural
1st person niungane tuungane
2nd person uungane muungane
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aungane waungane
other classes positive subject concord + -ungane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siungane
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeungana
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeungana
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliungana
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliungana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aungana)
Singular Plural
1st person naungana twaungana
2nd person waungana mwaungana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aungana waungana
m-mi(III/IV) waungana yaungana
ji-ma(V/VI) laungana yaungana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaungana vyaungana
n(IX/X) yaungana zaungana
u(XI) waungana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwaungana
pa(XVI) paungana
mu(XVIII) mwaungana
Perfect positive subject concord + -meungana
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshaungana
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaungana
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kiungana
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipoungana
Consecutive kaungana / positive subject concord + -kaungana
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaungane
Object concord —
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + -ungana- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -unganaye -unganao
m-mi(III/IV) -unganao -unganayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -unganalo -unganayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -unganacho -unganavyo
n(IX/X) -unganayo -unganazo
u(XI) -unganao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -unganako
pa(XVI) -unganapo
mu(XVIII) -unganamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -ungana)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yeungana -oungana
m-mi(III/IV) -oungana -youngana
ji-ma(V/VI) -loungana -youngana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choungana -vyoungana
n(IX/X) -youngana -zoungana
u(XI) -oungana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -koungana
pa(XVI) -poungana
mu(XVIII) -moungana
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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