-songa (infinitive kusonga)
- to press
- kusonga ugali ― to make ugali
- to braid, to plait
Conjugation of -songa
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Positive present
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-nasonga
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Subjunctive
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-songe
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Negative
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-songi
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Imperative singular
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songa
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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husonga
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lisonga
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kusonga
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasonga)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninasonga/nasonga
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tunasonga
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2nd person
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unasonga
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mnasonga
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anasonga
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wanasonga
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nasonga
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -songi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sisongi
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hatusongi
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2nd person
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husongi
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hamsongi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hasongi
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hawasongi
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -songi
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tasonga
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tasonga
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -songe)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nisonge
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tusonge
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2nd person
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usonge
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msonge
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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asonge
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wasonge
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -songe
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sisonge
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngesonga
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singesonga
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalisonga
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalisonga
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mesonga
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshasonga
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jasonga
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kisonga
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -siposonga
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Consecutive
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kasonga / positive subject concord + -kasonga
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kasonge
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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songa
- old woman
Related to Malay sungai.
songa
- river
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
-songa?
- to roll up
This verb needs an inflection-table template.