finyanga

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-finyanga (infinitive kufinyanga)

  1. to make pottery, to mold

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -finyanga
Positive present -nafinyanga
Subjunctive -finyange
Negative -finyangi
Imperative singular finyanga
Infinitives
Positive kufinyanga
Negative kutofinyanga
Imperatives
Singular finyanga
Plural finyangeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufinyanga
Positive past positive subject concord + -lifinyanga
Negative past negative subject concord + -kufinyanga
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafinyanga)
Singular Plural
1st person ninafinyanga/nafinyanga tunafinyanga
2nd person unafinyanga mnafinyanga
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafinyanga wanafinyanga
other classes positive subject concord + -nafinyanga
Negative present (negative subject concord + -finyangi)
Singular Plural
1st person sifinyangi hatufinyangi
2nd person hufinyangi hamfinyangi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafinyangi hawafinyangi
other classes negative subject concord + -finyangi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafinyanga
Negative future negative subject concord + -tafinyanga
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -finyange)
Singular Plural
1st person nifinyange tufinyange
2nd person ufinyange mfinyange
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afinyange wafinyange
other classes positive subject concord + -finyange
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifinyange
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefinyanga
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefinyanga
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifinyanga
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifinyanga
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afinyanga)
Singular Plural
1st person nafinyanga twafinyanga
2nd person wafinyanga mwafinyanga
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afinyanga wafinyanga
m-mi(III/IV) wafinyanga yafinyanga
ji-ma(V/VI) lafinyanga yafinyanga
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafinyanga vyafinyanga
n(IX/X) yafinyanga zafinyanga
u(XI) wafinyanga see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwafinyanga
pa(XVI) pafinyanga
mu(XVIII) mwafinyanga
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefinyanga
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshafinyanga
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafinyanga
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kifinyanga
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipofinyanga
Consecutive kafinyanga / positive subject concord + -kafinyanga
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafinyange
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nifinyanga -tufinyanga
2nd person -kufinyanga -wafinyanga/-kufinyangeni/-wafinyangeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfinyanga -wafinyanga
m-mi(III/IV) -ufinyanga -ifinyanga
ji-ma(V/VI) -lifinyanga -yafinyanga
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifinyanga -vifinyanga
n(IX/X) -ifinyanga -zifinyanga
u(XI) -ufinyanga see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kufinyanga
pa(XVI) -pafinyanga
mu(XVIII) -mufinyanga
Reflexive -jifinyanga
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -finyanga- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -finyangaye -finyangao
m-mi(III/IV) -finyangao -finyangayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -finyangalo -finyangayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -finyangacho -finyangavyo
n(IX/X) -finyangayo -finyangazo
u(XI) -finyangao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -finyangako
pa(XVI) -finyangapo
mu(XVIII) -finyangamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -finyanga)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yefinyanga -ofinyanga
m-mi(III/IV) -ofinyanga -yofinyanga
ji-ma(V/VI) -lofinyanga -yofinyanga
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofinyanga -vyofinyanga
n(IX/X) -yofinyanga -zofinyanga
u(XI) -ofinyanga see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kofinyanga
pa(XVI) -pofinyanga
mu(XVIII) -mofinyanga
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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