sikiana

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-sikiana (infinitive kusikiana)

  1. Reciprocal form of -sikia

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -sikiana
Positive present -nasikiana
Subjunctive -sikiane
Negative -sikiani
Imperative singular sikiana
Infinitives
Positive kusikiana
Negative kutosikiana
Imperatives
Singular sikiana
Plural sikianeni
Tensed forms
Habitual husikiana
Positive past positive subject concord + -lisikiana
Negative past negative subject concord + -kusikiana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasikiana)
Singular Plural
1st person ninasikiana/nasikiana tunasikiana
2nd person unasikiana mnasikiana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anasikiana wanasikiana
other classes positive subject concord + -nasikiana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -sikiani)
Singular Plural
1st person sisikiani hatusikiani
2nd person husikiani hamsikiani
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hasikiani hawasikiani
other classes negative subject concord + -sikiani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tasikiana
Negative future negative subject concord + -tasikiana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -sikiane)
Singular Plural
1st person nisikiane tusikiane
2nd person usikiane msikiane
3rd person m-wa(I/II) asikiane wasikiane
other classes positive subject concord + -sikiane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sisikiane
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngesikiana
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singesikiana
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalisikiana
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalisikiana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asikiana)
Singular Plural
1st person nasikiana twasikiana
2nd person wasikiana mwasikiana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) asikiana wasikiana
m-mi(III/IV) wasikiana yasikiana
ji-ma(V/VI) lasikiana yasikiana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chasikiana vyasikiana
n(IX/X) yasikiana zasikiana
u(XI) wasikiana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwasikiana
pa(XVI) pasikiana
mu(XVIII) mwasikiana
Perfect positive subject concord + -mesikiana
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshasikiana
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jasikiana
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kisikiana
"If not" positive subject concord + -siposikiana
Consecutive kasikiana / positive subject concord + -kasikiana
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kasikiane
Object concord
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + -sikiana- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -sikianaye -sikianao
m-mi(III/IV) -sikianao -sikianayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -sikianalo -sikianayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -sikianacho -sikianavyo
n(IX/X) -sikianayo -sikianazo
u(XI) -sikianao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -sikianako
pa(XVI) -sikianapo
mu(XVIII) -sikianamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -sikiana)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yesikiana -osikiana
m-mi(III/IV) -osikiana -yosikiana
ji-ma(V/VI) -losikiana -yosikiana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chosikiana -vyosikiana
n(IX/X) -yosikiana -zosikiana
u(XI) -osikiana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kosikiana
pa(XVI) -posikiana
mu(XVIII) -mosikiana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.