tafunia

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tafunia (infinitive kutafunia)

1. Applicative form of -tafuna

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tafunia
Positive present -natafunia Subjunctive -tafunie Negative -tafunii Imperative singular tafunia
Infinitives
Positive kutafunia Negative kutotafunia
Imperatives
Singular tafunia Plural tafunieni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutafunia Positive past positive subject concord + -litafunia Negative past negative subject concord + -kutafunia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natafunia) Singular Plural 1st person ninatafunia/natafunia tunatafunia 2nd person unatafunia mnatafunia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatafunia wanatafunia other classes positive subject concord + -natafunia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tafunii) Singular Plural 1st person sitafunii hatutafunii 2nd person hutafunii hamtafunii 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatafunii hawatafunii other classes negative subject concord + -tafunii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatafunia Negative future negative subject concord + -tatafunia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tafunie) Singular Plural 1st person nitafunie tutafunie 2nd person utafunie mtafunie 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atafunie watafunie other classes positive subject concord + -tafunie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitafunie Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetafunia Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetafunia Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitafunia Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitafunia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atafunia) Singular Plural 1st person natafunia twatafunia 2nd person watafunia mwatafunia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atafunia watafunia m-mi(III/IV) watafunia yatafunia ji-ma(V/VI) latafunia yatafunia ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatafunia vyatafunia n(IX/X) yatafunia zatafunia u(XI) watafunia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatafunia pa(XVI) patafunia mu(XVIII) mwatafunia
Perfect positive subject concord + -metafunia "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatafunia "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatafunia "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitafunia "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotafunia Consecutive katafunia / positive subject concord + -katafunia Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katafunie
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitafunia -tutafunia 2nd person -kutafunia -watafunia/-kutafunieni/-watafunieni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtafunia -watafunia m-mi(III/IV) -utafunia -itafunia ji-ma(V/VI) -litafunia -yatafunia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitafunia -vitafunia n(IX/X) -itafunia -zitafunia u(XI) -utafunia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutafunia pa(XVI) -patafunia mu(XVIII) -mutafunia Reflexive -jitafunia
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tafunia- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tafuniaye -tafuniao m-mi(III/IV) -tafuniao -tafuniayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tafunialo -tafuniayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tafuniacho -tafuniavyo n(IX/X) -tafuniayo -tafuniazo u(XI) -tafuniao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tafuniako pa(XVI) -tafuniapo mu(XVIII) -tafuniamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tafunia) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetafunia -otafunia m-mi(III/IV) -otafunia -yotafunia ji-ma(V/VI) -lotafunia -yotafunia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotafunia -vyotafunia n(IX/X) -yotafunia -zotafunia u(XI) -otafunia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotafunia pa(XVI) -potafunia mu(XVIII) -motafunia
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • kitafunio (“snack”)