tohoa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tohoa (infinitive kutohoa)

1. to adapt, modify

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tohoa
Positive present -natohoa Subjunctive -tohoe Negative -tohoi Imperative singular tohoa
Infinitives
Positive kutohoa Negative kutotohoa
Imperatives
Singular tohoa Plural tohoeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutohoa Positive past positive subject concord + -litohoa Negative past negative subject concord + -kutohoa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natohoa) Singular Plural 1st person ninatohoa/natohoa tunatohoa 2nd person unatohoa mnatohoa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatohoa wanatohoa other classes positive subject concord + -natohoa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tohoi) Singular Plural 1st person sitohoi hatutohoi 2nd person hutohoi hamtohoi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatohoi hawatohoi other classes negative subject concord + -tohoi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatohoa Negative future negative subject concord + -tatohoa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tohoe) Singular Plural 1st person nitohoe tutohoe 2nd person utohoe mtohoe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atohoe watohoe other classes positive subject concord + -tohoe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitohoe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetohoa Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetohoa Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitohoa Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitohoa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atohoa) Singular Plural 1st person natohoa twatohoa 2nd person watohoa mwatohoa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atohoa watohoa m-mi(III/IV) watohoa yatohoa ji-ma(V/VI) latohoa yatohoa ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatohoa vyatohoa n(IX/X) yatohoa zatohoa u(XI) watohoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatohoa pa(XVI) patohoa mu(XVIII) mwatohoa
Perfect positive subject concord + -metohoa "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatohoa "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatohoa "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitohoa "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotohoa Consecutive katohoa / positive subject concord + -katohoa Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katohoe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitohoa -tutohoa 2nd person -kutohoa -watohoa/-kutohoeni/-watohoeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtohoa -watohoa m-mi(III/IV) -utohoa -itohoa ji-ma(V/VI) -litohoa -yatohoa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitohoa -vitohoa n(IX/X) -itohoa -zitohoa u(XI) -utohoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutohoa pa(XVI) -patohoa mu(XVIII) -mutohoa Reflexive -jitohoa
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tohoa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tohoaye -tohoao m-mi(III/IV) -tohoao -tohoayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tohoalo -tohoayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tohoacho -tohoavyo n(IX/X) -tohoayo -tohoazo u(XI) -tohoao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tohoako pa(XVI) -tohoapo mu(XVIII) -tohoamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tohoa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetohoa -otohoa m-mi(III/IV) -otohoa -yotohoa ji-ma(V/VI) -lotohoa -yotohoa ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotohoa -vyotohoa n(IX/X) -yotohoa -zotohoa u(XI) -otohoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotohoa pa(XVI) -potohoa mu(XVIII) -motohoa
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:
  • utohoaji (“adapting”)
  • utohozi (“transliteration”)