tendeka

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-tendeka (infinitive kutendeka)

  1. Stative form of -tenda: to be done, to be accomplished

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -tendeka
Positive present -natendeka
Subjunctive -tendeke
Negative -tendeki
Imperative singular tendeka
Infinitives
Positive kutendeka
Negative kutotendeka
Imperatives
Singular tendeka
Plural tendekeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutendeka
Positive past positive subject concord + -litendeka
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutendeka
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natendeka)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatendeka/natendeka tunatendeka
2nd person unatendeka mnatendeka
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatendeka wanatendeka
other classes positive subject concord + -natendeka
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tendeki)
Singular Plural
1st person sitendeki hatutendeki
2nd person hutendeki hamtendeki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatendeki hawatendeki
other classes negative subject concord + -tendeki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatendeka
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatendeka
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tendeke)
Singular Plural
1st person nitendeke tutendeke
2nd person utendeke mtendeke
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atendeke watendeke
other classes positive subject concord + -tendeke
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitendeke
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetendeka
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetendeka
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitendeka
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitendeka
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atendeka)
Singular Plural
1st person natendeka twatendeka
2nd person watendeka mwatendeka
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atendeka watendeka
m-mi(III/IV) watendeka yatendeka
ji-ma(V/VI) latendeka yatendeka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatendeka vyatendeka
n(IX/X) yatendeka zatendeka
u(XI) watendeka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatendeka
pa(XVI) patendeka
mu(XVIII) mwatendeka
Perfect positive subject concord + -metendeka
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatendeka
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatendeka
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitendeka
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotendeka
Consecutive katendeka / positive subject concord + -katendeka
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katendeke
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitendeka -tutendeka
2nd person -kutendeka -watendeka/-kutendekeni/-watendekeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtendeka -watendeka
m-mi(III/IV) -utendeka -itendeka
ji-ma(V/VI) -litendeka -yatendeka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitendeka -vitendeka
n(IX/X) -itendeka -zitendeka
u(XI) -utendeka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutendeka
pa(XVI) -patendeka
mu(XVIII) -mutendeka
Reflexive -jitendeka
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tendeka- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tendekaye -tendekao
m-mi(III/IV) -tendekao -tendekayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tendekalo -tendekayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tendekacho -tendekavyo
n(IX/X) -tendekayo -tendekazo
u(XI) -tendekao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tendekako
pa(XVI) -tendekapo
mu(XVIII) -tendekamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tendeka)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetendeka -otendeka
m-mi(III/IV) -otendeka -yotendeka
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotendeka -yotendeka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotendeka -vyotendeka
n(IX/X) -yotendeka -zotendeka
u(XI) -otendeka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotendeka
pa(XVI) -potendeka
mu(XVIII) -motendeka
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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