ngoja

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-ngoja (infinitive kungoja)

  1. to wait, wait for, await
  2. to stop
  3. to stay

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -ngoja
Positive present -nangoja
Subjunctive -ngoje
Negative -ngoji
Imperative singular ngoja
Infinitives
Positive kungoja
Negative kutongoja
Imperatives
Singular ngoja
Plural ngojeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hungoja
Positive past positive subject concord + -lingoja
Negative past negative subject concord + -kungoja
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nangoja)
Singular Plural
1st person ninangoja/nangoja tunangoja
2nd person unangoja mnangoja
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anangoja wanangoja
other classes positive subject concord + -nangoja
Negative present (negative subject concord + -ngoji)
Singular Plural
1st person singoji hatungoji
2nd person hungoji hamngoji
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hangoji hawangoji
other classes negative subject concord + -ngoji
Positive future positive subject concord + -tangoja
Negative future negative subject concord + -tangoja
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -ngoje)
Singular Plural
1st person ningoje tungoje
2nd person ungoje mngoje
3rd person m-wa(I/II) angoje wangoje
other classes positive subject concord + -ngoje
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -singoje
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngengoja
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singengoja
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalingoja
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalingoja
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -angoja)
Singular Plural
1st person nangoja twangoja
2nd person wangoja mwangoja
3rd person m-wa(I/II) angoja wangoja
m-mi(III/IV) wangoja yangoja
ji-ma(V/VI) langoja yangoja
ki-vi(VII/VIII) changoja vyangoja
n(IX/X) yangoja zangoja
u(XI) wangoja see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwangoja
pa(XVI) pangoja
mu(XVIII) mwangoja
Perfect positive subject concord + -mengoja
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshangoja
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jangoja
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kingoja
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipongoja
Consecutive kangoja / positive subject concord + -kangoja
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kangoje
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -ningoja -tungoja
2nd person -kungoja -wangoja/-kungojeni/-wangojeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mngoja -wangoja
m-mi(III/IV) -ungoja -ingoja
ji-ma(V/VI) -lingoja -yangoja
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kingoja -vingoja
n(IX/X) -ingoja -zingoja
u(XI) -ungoja see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kungoja
pa(XVI) -pangoja
mu(XVIII) -mungoja
Reflexive -jingoja
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -ngoja- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -ngojaye -ngojao
m-mi(III/IV) -ngojao -ngojayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -ngojalo -ngojayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -ngojacho -ngojavyo
n(IX/X) -ngojayo -ngojazo
u(XI) -ngojao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -ngojako
pa(XVI) -ngojapo
mu(XVIII) -ngojamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -ngoja)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yengoja -ongoja
m-mi(III/IV) -ongoja -yongoja
ji-ma(V/VI) -longoja -yongoja
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chongoja -vyongoja
n(IX/X) -yongoja -zongoja
u(XI) -ongoja see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kongoja
pa(XVI) -pongoja
mu(XVIII) -mongoja
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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References

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  • Madan, A.C. (1903) Swahili-English dictionary[1], Oxford Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 280