tafunwa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tafunwa (infinitive kutafunwa)

1. Passive form of -tafuna

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tafunwa
Positive present -natafunwa Subjunctive -tafunwe Negative -tafunwi Imperative singular tafunwa
Infinitives
Positive kutafunwa Negative kutotafunwa
Imperatives
Singular tafunwa Plural tafunweni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutafunwa Positive past positive subject concord + -litafunwa Negative past negative subject concord + -kutafunwa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natafunwa) Singular Plural 1st person ninatafunwa/natafunwa tunatafunwa 2nd person unatafunwa mnatafunwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatafunwa wanatafunwa other classes positive subject concord + -natafunwa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tafunwi) Singular Plural 1st person sitafunwi hatutafunwi 2nd person hutafunwi hamtafunwi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatafunwi hawatafunwi other classes negative subject concord + -tafunwi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatafunwa Negative future negative subject concord + -tatafunwa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tafunwe) Singular Plural 1st person nitafunwe tutafunwe 2nd person utafunwe mtafunwe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atafunwe watafunwe other classes positive subject concord + -tafunwe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitafunwe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetafunwa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetafunwa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitafunwa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitafunwa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atafunwa) Singular Plural 1st person natafunwa twatafunwa 2nd person watafunwa mwatafunwa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atafunwa watafunwa m-mi(III/IV) watafunwa yatafunwa ji-ma(V/VI) latafunwa yatafunwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatafunwa vyatafunwa n(IX/X) yatafunwa zatafunwa u(XI) watafunwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatafunwa pa(XVI) patafunwa mu(XVIII) mwatafunwa
Perfect positive subject concord + -metafunwa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatafunwa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatafunwa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitafunwa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotafunwa Consecutive katafunwa / positive subject concord + -katafunwa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katafunwe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitafunwa -tutafunwa 2nd person -kutafunwa -watafunwa/-kutafunweni/-watafunweni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtafunwa -watafunwa m-mi(III/IV) -utafunwa -itafunwa ji-ma(V/VI) -litafunwa -yatafunwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitafunwa -vitafunwa n(IX/X) -itafunwa -zitafunwa u(XI) -utafunwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutafunwa pa(XVI) -patafunwa mu(XVIII) -mutafunwa Reflexive -jitafunwa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tafunwa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tafunwaye -tafunwao m-mi(III/IV) -tafunwao -tafunwayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tafunwalo -tafunwayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tafunwacho -tafunwavyo n(IX/X) -tafunwayo -tafunwazo u(XI) -tafunwao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tafunwako pa(XVI) -tafunwapo mu(XVIII) -tafunwamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tafunwa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetafunwa -otafunwa m-mi(III/IV) -otafunwa -yotafunwa ji-ma(V/VI) -lotafunwa -yotafunwa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotafunwa -vyotafunwa n(IX/X) -yotafunwa -zotafunwa u(XI) -otafunwa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotafunwa pa(XVI) -potafunwa mu(XVIII) -motafunwa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.