-singe-

Swahili

Infix

-singe-

1. would not, negative present conditional maker

   Antonym: -nge-

Conjugation

Conjugation of -singe-

		singular	plural
1st person		nisinge-	tusinge-
2nd person		usinge-	msinge-
3rd person	m-wa(I/II)	asinge-	wasinge-
	m-mi(III/IV)	usinge-	isinge-
	ji-ma(V/VI)	lisinge-	yasinge-
	ki-vi(VII/VIII)	kisinge-	visinge-
	n(IX/X)	isinge-	zisinge-
	u(XI)	usinge-	see n(X) or ma(VI)
	ku(XV/XVII)	kusinge-
	pa(XVI)	pasinge-
	mu(XVIII)	msinge-

For more information, see Appendix:Swahili verbs.

See also

Swahili TAM markers

• Initial
  • Positive infinitive: ku-/kw-¹
  • Negative infinitive: kuto-
  • Habitual: hu-¹
  • Telegrammic: ka-¹
• Final
  • General (positive indicative): -a
  • Positive subjunctive: -e
  • Negative present: -i
  • Second person plural: -ni
• Infix position positive subject concord
  • Positive past: -li-
  • Positive present: -na-
  • Positive future: -ta-
  • Negative subjunctive: -si-¹
  • Positive present conditional: -nge-
  • Negative present conditional: -singe-
  • Positive past conditional: -ngali-
  • Negative past conditional: -singali-
  • Gnomic: -a-¹
  • Perfect: -me-
  • "Already" past: -lisha-
  • "Already" present: -mesha-/-sha-
  • "If/When": -ki-¹
  • "If not": -sipo-
  • Consecutive: -ka-¹
• Infix position negative subject concord
  • Negative past: -ku-¹
  • Negative future: -ta-
  • "Not yet": -ja-¹
  • Negative present conditional: -nge-
  • Negative past conditional: -ngali-
• Relative
  • Past: -li-
  • Present: -na-
  • Future: -taka-
  • Negative: -si-

¹ Can take stress and therefore does not require -ku-/-kw- in monosyllabic verbs.

• -singali-