teketea

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-teketea (infinitive kuteketea)

1. to be burnt, to be destroyed

Conjugation

Conjugation of -teketea
Positive present -nateketea Subjunctive -teketee Negative -teketei Imperative singular teketea
Infinitives
Positive kuteketea Negative kutoteketea
Imperatives
Singular teketea Plural teketeeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huteketea Positive past positive subject concord + -liteketea Negative past negative subject concord + -kuteketea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nateketea) Singular Plural 1st person ninateketea/nateketea tunateketea 2nd person unateketea mnateketea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anateketea wanateketea other classes positive subject concord + -nateketea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -teketei) Singular Plural 1st person siteketei hatuteketei 2nd person huteketei hamteketei 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hateketei hawateketei other classes negative subject concord + -teketei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tateketea Negative future negative subject concord + -tateketea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -teketee) Singular Plural 1st person niteketee tuteketee 2nd person uteketee mteketee 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ateketee wateketee other classes positive subject concord + -teketee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siteketee Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeteketea Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeteketea Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliteketea Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliteketea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ateketea) Singular Plural 1st person nateketea twateketea 2nd person wateketea mwateketea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ateketea wateketea m-mi(III/IV) wateketea yateketea ji-ma(V/VI) lateketea yateketea ki-vi(VII/VIII) chateketea vyateketea n(IX/X) yateketea zateketea u(XI) wateketea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwateketea pa(XVI) pateketea mu(XVIII) mwateketea
Perfect positive subject concord + -meteketea "Already" positive subject concord + -meshateketea "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jateketea "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiteketea "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoteketea Consecutive kateketea / positive subject concord + -kateketea Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kateketee
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niteketea -tuteketea 2nd person -kuteketea -wateketea/-kuteketeeni/-wateketeeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mteketea -wateketea m-mi(III/IV) -uteketea -iteketea ji-ma(V/VI) -liteketea -yateketea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiteketea -viteketea n(IX/X) -iteketea -ziteketea u(XI) -uteketea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuteketea pa(XVI) -pateketea mu(XVIII) -muteketea Reflexive -jiteketea
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -teketea- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -teketeaye -teketeao m-mi(III/IV) -teketeao -teketeayo ji-ma(V/VI) -teketealo -teketeayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -teketeacho -teketeavyo n(IX/X) -teketeayo -teketeazo u(XI) -teketeao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -teketeako pa(XVI) -teketeapo mu(XVIII) -teketeamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -teketea) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeteketea -oteketea m-mi(III/IV) -oteketea -yoteketea ji-ma(V/VI) -loteketea -yoteketea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choteketea -vyoteketea n(IX/X) -yoteketea -zoteketea u(XI) -oteketea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koteketea pa(XVI) -poteketea mu(XVIII) -moteketea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -teketeza