nyooka

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-nyooka (infinitive kunyooka)

1. to be straight
2. to be honest

Conjugation

Conjugation of -nyooka
Positive present -nanyooka Subjunctive -nyooke Negative -nyooki Imperative singular nyooka
Infinitives
Positive kunyooka Negative kutonyooka
Imperatives
Singular nyooka Plural nyookeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hunyooka Positive past positive subject concord + -linyooka Negative past negative subject concord + -kunyooka
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nanyooka) Singular Plural 1st person ninanyooka/nanyooka tunanyooka 2nd person unanyooka mnanyooka 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ananyooka wananyooka other classes positive subject concord + -nanyooka
Negative present (negative subject concord + -nyooki) Singular Plural 1st person sinyooki hatunyooki 2nd person hunyooki hamnyooki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hanyooki hawanyooki other classes negative subject concord + -nyooki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tanyooka Negative future negative subject concord + -tanyooka
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -nyooke) Singular Plural 1st person ninyooke tunyooke 2nd person unyooke mnyooke 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anyooke wanyooke other classes positive subject concord + -nyooke
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sinyooke Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngenyooka Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singenyooka Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalinyooka Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalinyooka
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -anyooka) Singular Plural 1st person nanyooka twanyooka 2nd person wanyooka mwanyooka 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anyooka wanyooka m-mi(III/IV) wanyooka yanyooka ji-ma(V/VI) lanyooka yanyooka ki-vi(VII/VIII) chanyooka vyanyooka n(IX/X) yanyooka zanyooka u(XI) wanyooka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwanyooka pa(XVI) panyooka mu(XVIII) mwanyooka
Perfect positive subject concord + -menyooka "Already" positive subject concord + -meshanyooka "Not yet" negative subject concord + -janyooka "If/When" positive subject concord + -kinyooka "If not" positive subject concord + -siponyooka Consecutive kanyooka / positive subject concord + -kanyooka Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kanyooke
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -ninyooka -tunyooka 2nd person -kunyooka -wanyooka/-kunyookeni/-wanyookeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mnyooka -wanyooka m-mi(III/IV) -unyooka -inyooka ji-ma(V/VI) -linyooka -yanyooka ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kinyooka -vinyooka n(IX/X) -inyooka -zinyooka u(XI) -unyooka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kunyooka pa(XVI) -panyooka mu(XVIII) -munyooka Reflexive -jinyooka
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -nyooka- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -nyookaye -nyookao m-mi(III/IV) -nyookao -nyookayo ji-ma(V/VI) -nyookalo -nyookayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -nyookacho -nyookavyo n(IX/X) -nyookayo -nyookazo u(XI) -nyookao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -nyookako pa(XVI) -nyookapo mu(XVIII) -nyookamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -nyooka) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yenyooka -onyooka m-mi(III/IV) -onyooka -yonyooka ji-ma(V/VI) -lonyooka -yonyooka ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chonyooka -vyonyooka n(IX/X) -yonyooka -zonyooka u(XI) -onyooka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -konyooka pa(XVI) -ponyooka mu(XVIII) -monyooka
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.