tetereka

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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-tetereka (infinitive kutetereka)

  1. to stagger, sway

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -tetereka
Positive present -natetereka
Subjunctive -tetereke
Negative -tetereki
Imperative singular tetereka
Infinitives
Positive kutetereka
Negative kutotetereka
Imperatives
Singular tetereka
Plural teterekeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutetereka
Positive past positive subject concord + -litetereka
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutetereka
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natetereka)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatetereka/natetereka tunatetereka
2nd person unatetereka mnatetereka
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatetereka wanatetereka
other classes positive subject concord + -natetereka
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tetereki)
Singular Plural
1st person sitetereki hatutetereki
2nd person hutetereki hamtetereki
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatetereki hawatetereki
other classes negative subject concord + -tetereki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatetereka
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatetereka
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tetereke)
Singular Plural
1st person nitetereke tutetereke
2nd person utetereke mtetereke
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atetereke watetereke
other classes positive subject concord + -tetereke
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitetereke
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetetereka
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetetereka
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitetereka
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitetereka
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atetereka)
Singular Plural
1st person natetereka twatetereka
2nd person watetereka mwatetereka
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atetereka watetereka
m-mi(III/IV) watetereka yatetereka
ji-ma(V/VI) latetereka yatetereka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatetereka vyatetereka
n(IX/X) yatetereka zatetereka
u(XI) watetereka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatetereka
pa(XVI) patetereka
mu(XVIII) mwatetereka
Perfect positive subject concord + -metetereka
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatetereka
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatetereka
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitetereka
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotetereka
Consecutive katetereka / positive subject concord + -katetereka
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katetereke
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitetereka -tutetereka
2nd person -kutetereka -watetereka/-kuteterekeni/-wateterekeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtetereka -watetereka
m-mi(III/IV) -utetereka -itetereka
ji-ma(V/VI) -litetereka -yatetereka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitetereka -vitetereka
n(IX/X) -itetereka -zitetereka
u(XI) -utetereka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutetereka
pa(XVI) -patetereka
mu(XVIII) -mutetereka
Reflexive -jitetereka
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tetereka- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -teterekaye -teterekao
m-mi(III/IV) -teterekao -teterekayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -teterekalo -teterekayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -teterekacho -teterekavyo
n(IX/X) -teterekayo -teterekazo
u(XI) -teterekao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -teterekako
pa(XVI) -teterekapo
mu(XVIII) -teterekamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tetereka)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetetereka -otetereka
m-mi(III/IV) -otetereka -yotetereka
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotetereka -yotetereka
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotetereka -vyotetereka
n(IX/X) -yotetereka -zotetereka
u(XI) -otetereka see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotetereka
pa(XVI) -potetereka
mu(XVIII) -motetereka
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.