tumika

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-tumika (infinitive kutumika)

  1. Stative form of -tumia: to be used

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -tumika
Positive present -natumika
Subjunctive -tumike
Negative -tumiki
Imperative singular tumika
Infinitives
Positive kutumika
Negative kutotumika
Imperatives
Singular tumika
Plural tumikeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutumika
Positive past positive subject concord + -litumika
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutumika
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natumika)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatumika/natumika tunatumika
2nd person unatumika mnatumika
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatumika wanatumika
other classes positive subject concord + -natumika
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tumiki)
Singular Plural
1st person situmiki hatutumiki
2nd person hutumiki hamtumiki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatumiki hawatumiki
other classes negative subject concord + -tumiki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatumika
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatumika
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tumike)
Singular Plural
1st person nitumike tutumike
2nd person utumike mtumike
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atumike watumike
other classes positive subject concord + -tumike
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -situmike
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetumika
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetumika
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitumika
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitumika
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atumika)
Singular Plural
1st person natumika twatumika
2nd person watumika mwatumika
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atumika watumika
m-mi(III/IV) watumika yatumika
ji-ma(V/VI) latumika yatumika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatumika vyatumika
n(IX/X) yatumika zatumika
u(XI) watumika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatumika
pa(XVI) patumika
mu(XVIII) mwatumika
Perfect positive subject concord + -metumika
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatumika
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatumika
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitumika
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotumika
Consecutive katumika / positive subject concord + -katumika
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katumike
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitumika -tutumika
2nd person -kutumika -watumika/-kutumikeni/-watumikeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtumika -watumika
m-mi(III/IV) -utumika -itumika
ji-ma(V/VI) -litumika -yatumika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitumika -vitumika
n(IX/X) -itumika -zitumika
u(XI) -utumika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutumika
pa(XVI) -patumika
mu(XVIII) -mutumika
Reflexive -jitumika
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tumika- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tumikaye -tumikao
m-mi(III/IV) -tumikao -tumikayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tumikalo -tumikayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tumikacho -tumikavyo
n(IX/X) -tumikayo -tumikazo
u(XI) -tumikao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tumikako
pa(XVI) -tumikapo
mu(XVIII) -tumikamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tumika)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetumika -otumika
m-mi(III/IV) -otumika -yotumika
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotumika -yotumika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotumika -vyotumika
n(IX/X) -yotumika -zotumika
u(XI) -otumika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotumika
pa(XVI) -potumika
mu(XVIII) -motumika
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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