darana

See also: dărâna and dărâma

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-darana (infinitive kudarana)

1. Reciprocal form of -dara: to touch each other

Conjugation

Conjugation of -darana
Positive present -nadarana Subjunctive -darane Negative -darani Imperative singular darana
Infinitives
Positive kudarana Negative kutodarana
Imperatives
Singular darana Plural daraneni
Tensed forms
Habitual hudarana Positive past positive subject concord + -lidarana Negative past negative subject concord + -kudarana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nadarana) Singular Plural 1st person ninadarana/nadarana tunadarana 2nd person unadarana mnadarana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anadarana wanadarana other classes positive subject concord + -nadarana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -darani) Singular Plural 1st person sidarani hatudarani 2nd person hudarani hamdarani 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hadarani hawadarani other classes negative subject concord + -darani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tadarana Negative future negative subject concord + -tadarana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -darane) Singular Plural 1st person nidarane tudarane 2nd person udarane mdarane 3rd person m-wa(I/II) adarane wadarane other classes positive subject concord + -darane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sidarane Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngedarana Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singedarana Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalidarana Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalidarana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -adarana) Singular Plural 1st person nadarana twadarana 2nd person wadarana mwadarana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) adarana wadarana m-mi(III/IV) wadarana yadarana ji-ma(V/VI) ladarana yadarana ki-vi(VII/VIII) chadarana vyadarana n(IX/X) yadarana zadarana u(XI) wadarana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwadarana pa(XVI) padarana mu(XVIII) mwadarana
Perfect positive subject concord + -medarana "Already" positive subject concord + -meshadarana "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jadarana "If/When" positive subject concord + -kidarana "If not" positive subject concord + -sipodarana Consecutive kadarana / positive subject concord + -kadarana Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kadarane Object concord —
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + -darana- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -daranaye -daranao m-mi(III/IV) -daranao -daranayo ji-ma(V/VI) -daranalo -daranayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -daranacho -daranavyo n(IX/X) -daranayo -daranazo u(XI) -daranao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -daranako pa(XVI) -daranapo mu(XVIII) -daranamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -darana) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yedarana -odarana m-mi(III/IV) -odarana -yodarana ji-ma(V/VI) -lodarana -yodarana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chodarana -vyodarana n(IX/X) -yodarana -zodarana u(XI) -odarana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kodarana pa(XVI) -podarana mu(XVIII) -modarana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.