potana

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-potana (infinitive kupotana)

  1. Reciprocal form of -pota

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -potana
Positive present -napotana
Subjunctive -potane
Negative -potani
Imperative singular potana
Infinitives
Positive kupotana
Negative kutopotana
Imperatives
Singular potana
Plural potaneni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupotana
Positive past positive subject concord + -lipotana
Negative past negative subject concord + -kupotana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napotana)
Singular Plural
1st person ninapotana/napotana tunapotana
2nd person unapotana mnapotana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapotana wanapotana
other classes positive subject concord + -napotana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -potani)
Singular Plural
1st person sipotani hatupotani
2nd person hupotani hampotani
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapotani hawapotani
other classes negative subject concord + -potani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapotana
Negative future negative subject concord + -tapotana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -potane)
Singular Plural
1st person nipotane tupotane
2nd person upotane mpotane
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apotane wapotane
other classes positive subject concord + -potane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipotane
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepotana
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepotana
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipotana
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipotana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apotana)
Singular Plural
1st person napotana twapotana
2nd person wapotana mwapotana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apotana wapotana
m-mi(III/IV) wapotana yapotana
ji-ma(V/VI) lapotana yapotana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapotana vyapotana
n(IX/X) yapotana zapotana
u(XI) wapotana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwapotana
pa(XVI) papotana
mu(XVIII) mwapotana
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepotana
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshapotana
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -japotana
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kipotana
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipopotana
Consecutive kapotana / positive subject concord + -kapotana
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapotane
Object concord
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + -potana- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -potanaye -potanao
m-mi(III/IV) -potanao -potanayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -potanalo -potanayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -potanacho -potanavyo
n(IX/X) -potanayo -potanazo
u(XI) -potanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -potanako
pa(XVI) -potanapo
mu(XVIII) -potanamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -potana)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yepotana -opotana
m-mi(III/IV) -opotana -yopotana
ji-ma(V/VI) -lopotana -yopotana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopotana -vyopotana
n(IX/X) -yopotana -zopotana
u(XI) -opotana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kopotana
pa(XVI) -popotana
mu(XVIII) -mopotana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.