tokea

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tokea (infinitive kutokea)

1. Applicative form of -toka: to appear from or to result from

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tokea
Positive present -natokea Subjunctive -tokee Negative -tokei Imperative singular tokea
Infinitives
Positive kutokea Negative kutotokea
Imperatives
Singular tokea Plural tokeeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutokea Positive past positive subject concord + -litokea Negative past negative subject concord + -kutokea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natokea) Singular Plural 1st person ninatokea/natokea tunatokea 2nd person unatokea mnatokea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatokea wanatokea other classes positive subject concord + -natokea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tokei) Singular Plural 1st person sitokei hatutokei 2nd person hutokei hamtokei 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatokei hawatokei other classes negative subject concord + -tokei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatokea Negative future negative subject concord + -tatokea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tokee) Singular Plural 1st person nitokee tutokee 2nd person utokee mtokee 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atokee watokee other classes positive subject concord + -tokee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitokee Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetokea Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetokea Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitokea Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitokea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atokea) Singular Plural 1st person natokea twatokea 2nd person watokea mwatokea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atokea watokea m-mi(III/IV) watokea yatokea ji-ma(V/VI) latokea yatokea ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatokea vyatokea n(IX/X) yatokea zatokea u(XI) watokea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatokea pa(XVI) patokea mu(XVIII) mwatokea
Perfect positive subject concord + -metokea "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatokea "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatokea "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitokea "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotokea Consecutive katokea / positive subject concord + -katokea Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katokee
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitokea -tutokea 2nd person -kutokea -watokea/-kutokeeni/-watokeeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtokea -watokea m-mi(III/IV) -utokea -itokea ji-ma(V/VI) -litokea -yatokea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitokea -vitokea n(IX/X) -itokea -zitokea u(XI) -utokea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutokea pa(XVI) -patokea mu(XVIII) -mutokea Reflexive -jitokea
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tokea- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tokeaye -tokeao m-mi(III/IV) -tokeao -tokeayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tokealo -tokeayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tokeacho -tokeavyo n(IX/X) -tokeayo -tokeazo u(XI) -tokeao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tokeako pa(XVI) -tokeapo mu(XVIII) -tokeamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tokea) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetokea -otokea m-mi(III/IV) -otokea -yotokea ji-ma(V/VI) -lotokea -yotokea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotokea -vyotokea n(IX/X) -yotokea -zotokea u(XI) -otokea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotokea pa(XVI) -potokea mu(XVIII) -motokea
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: -tokeza

• Nominal derivations:
  • tokeo (“a result”)