tafunia

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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-tafunia (infinitive kutafunia)

  1. Applicative form of -tafuna

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -tafunia
Positive present -natafunia
Subjunctive -tafunie
Negative -tafunii
Imperative singular tafunia
Infinitives
Positive kutafunia
Negative kutotafunia
Imperatives
Singular tafunia
Plural tafunieni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutafunia
Positive past positive subject concord + -litafunia
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutafunia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natafunia)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatafunia/natafunia tunatafunia
2nd person unatafunia mnatafunia
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatafunia wanatafunia
other classes positive subject concord + -natafunia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tafunii)
Singular Plural
1st person sitafunii hatutafunii
2nd person hutafunii hamtafunii
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatafunii hawatafunii
other classes negative subject concord + -tafunii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatafunia
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatafunia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tafunie)
Singular Plural
1st person nitafunie tutafunie
2nd person utafunie mtafunie
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atafunie watafunie
other classes positive subject concord + -tafunie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitafunie
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetafunia
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetafunia
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitafunia
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitafunia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atafunia)
Singular Plural
1st person natafunia twatafunia
2nd person watafunia mwatafunia
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atafunia watafunia
m-mi(III/IV) watafunia yatafunia
ji-ma(V/VI) latafunia yatafunia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatafunia vyatafunia
n(IX/X) yatafunia zatafunia
u(XI) watafunia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatafunia
pa(XVI) patafunia
mu(XVIII) mwatafunia
Perfect positive subject concord + -metafunia
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatafunia
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatafunia
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitafunia
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotafunia
Consecutive katafunia / positive subject concord + -katafunia
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katafunie
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitafunia -tutafunia
2nd person -kutafunia -watafunia/-kutafunieni/-watafunieni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtafunia -watafunia
m-mi(III/IV) -utafunia -itafunia
ji-ma(V/VI) -litafunia -yatafunia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitafunia -vitafunia
n(IX/X) -itafunia -zitafunia
u(XI) -utafunia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutafunia
pa(XVI) -patafunia
mu(XVIII) -mutafunia
Reflexive -jitafunia
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tafunia- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tafuniaye -tafuniao
m-mi(III/IV) -tafuniao -tafuniayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tafunialo -tafuniayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tafuniacho -tafuniavyo
n(IX/X) -tafuniayo -tafuniazo
u(XI) -tafuniao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tafuniako
pa(XVI) -tafuniapo
mu(XVIII) -tafuniamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tafunia)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetafunia -otafunia
m-mi(III/IV) -otafunia -yotafunia
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotafunia -yotafunia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotafunia -vyotafunia
n(IX/X) -yotafunia -zotafunia
u(XI) -otafunia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotafunia
pa(XVI) -potafunia
mu(XVIII) -motafunia
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

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