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Swahili
Verb
-tengana (infinitive kutengana)
- Reciprocal form of -tenga: to be separated
- to be estranged
Conjugation
Conjugation of -tengana
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Positive present
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-natengana
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Subjunctive
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-tengane
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Negative
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-tengani
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Imperative singular
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tengana
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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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hutengana
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -litengana
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kutengana
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -natengana)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninatengana/natengana
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tunatengana
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2nd person
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unatengana
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mnatengana
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anatengana
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wanatengana
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -natengana
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -tengani)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sitengani
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hatutengani
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2nd person
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hutengani
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hamtengani
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hatengani
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hawatengani
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -tengani
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tatengana
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tatengana
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tengane)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nitengane
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tutengane
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2nd person
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utengane
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mtengane
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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atengane
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watengane
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -tengane
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sitengane
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngetengana
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singetengana
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalitengana
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalitengana
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -metengana
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshatengana
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jatengana
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kitengana
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipotengana
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Consecutive
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katengana / positive subject concord + -katengana
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -katengane
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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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Derived terms