tohoa

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-tohoa (infinitive kutohoa)

  1. to adapt, modify

Conjugation

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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.

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