funika

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-funika (infinitive kufunika)

  1. to cover, to conceal
  2. to encompass, to overwhelm

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -funika
Positive present -nafunika
Subjunctive -funike
Negative -funiki
Imperative singular funika
Infinitives
Positive kufunika
Negative kutofunika
Imperatives
Singular funika
Plural funikeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufunika
Positive past positive subject concord + -lifunika
Negative past negative subject concord + -kufunika
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafunika)
Singular Plural
1st person ninafunika/nafunika tunafunika
2nd person unafunika mnafunika
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafunika wanafunika
other classes positive subject concord + -nafunika
Negative present (negative subject concord + -funiki)
Singular Plural
1st person sifuniki hatufuniki
2nd person hufuniki hamfuniki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafuniki hawafuniki
other classes negative subject concord + -funiki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafunika
Negative future negative subject concord + -tafunika
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -funike)
Singular Plural
1st person nifunike tufunike
2nd person ufunike mfunike
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afunike wafunike
other classes positive subject concord + -funike
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifunike
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefunika
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefunika
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifunika
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifunika
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afunika)
Singular Plural
1st person nafunika twafunika
2nd person wafunika mwafunika
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afunika wafunika
m-mi(III/IV) wafunika yafunika
ji-ma(V/VI) lafunika yafunika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafunika vyafunika
n(IX/X) yafunika zafunika
u(XI) wafunika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwafunika
pa(XVI) pafunika
mu(XVIII) mwafunika
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefunika
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshafunika
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafunika
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kifunika
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipofunika
Consecutive kafunika / positive subject concord + -kafunika
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafunike
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nifunika -tufunika
2nd person -kufunika -wafunika/-kufunikeni/-wafunikeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfunika -wafunika
m-mi(III/IV) -ufunika -ifunika
ji-ma(V/VI) -lifunika -yafunika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifunika -vifunika
n(IX/X) -ifunika -zifunika
u(XI) -ufunika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kufunika
pa(XVI) -pafunika
mu(XVIII) -mufunika
Reflexive -jifunika
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -funika- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -funikaye -funikao
m-mi(III/IV) -funikao -funikayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -funikalo -funikayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -funikacho -funikavyo
n(IX/X) -funikayo -funikazo
u(XI) -funikao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -funikako
pa(XVI) -funikapo
mu(XVIII) -funikamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -funika)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yefunika -ofunika
m-mi(III/IV) -ofunika -yofunika
ji-ma(V/VI) -lofunika -yofunika
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofunika -vyofunika
n(IX/X) -yofunika -zofunika
u(XI) -ofunika see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kofunika
pa(XVI) -pofunika
mu(XVIII) -mofunika
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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