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andam + -a
andama
imperative of andam
-andaa ( “ to put in order ” ) + -ama .
-andama (infinitive kuandama )
to follow , accompany , succeed
18th century , Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi [1] , translation from R. Allen (1946 ) “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies , volume 5, number 4, →DOI , pages 243–249 , stanza 12 :هُيُوِ دُنِيَ اِيْنَ غُرُرِ ، دِيَ زَتَتَسِ هُزَدَمَ يِْ، Huyui dunia ina ghururi? ndia za-tatasi huzandama ye? This world is deceitful, why follow its ways?
Conjugation of -andama
Positive present
-na andama
Subjunctive
-andame
Negative
-andami
Imperative singular
andama
Infinitives
Imperatives
Tensed forms
Habitual
huandama
Positive past
positive subject concord + -li andama
Negative past
negative subject concord + -ku andama
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na andama)
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni naandama/na andama
tu naandama
2nd person
u naandama
m naandama
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a naandama
wa naandama
other classes
positive subject concord + -na andama
Negative present (negative subject concord + -andami )
Singular
Plural
1st person
si andami
hatu andami
2nd person
hu andami
hamw andami
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
ha andami
hawa andami
other classes
negative subject concord + -andami
Positive future
positive subject concord + -ta andama
Negative future
negative subject concord + -ta andama
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -andame )
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni andame
tu andame
2nd person
u andame
mw andame
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a andame
wa andame
other classes
positive subject concord + -andame
Negative subjunctive
positive subject concord + -si andame
Positive present conditional
positive subject concord + -nge andama
Negative present conditional
positive subject concord + -singe andama
Positive past conditional
positive subject concord + -ngali andama
Negative past conditional
positive subject concord + -singali andama
Perfect
positive subject concord + -me andama
"Already"
positive subject concord + -mesha andama
"Not yet"
negative subject concord + -ja andama
"If/When"
positive subject concord + -ki andama
"If not"
positive subject concord + -sipo andama
Consecutive
kaandama / positive subject concord + -ka andama
Consecutive subjunctive
positive subject concord + -ka andame
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.