fuatana

Swahili

Verb

-fuatana (infinitive kufuatana)

1. Reciprocal form of -fuata

Conjugation

Conjugation of -fuatana
Positive present -nafuatana Subjunctive -fuatane Negative -fuatani Imperative singular fuatana
Infinitives
Positive kufuatana Negative kutofuatana
Imperatives
Singular fuatana Plural fuataneni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufuatana Positive past positive subject concord + -lifuatana Negative past negative subject concord + -kufuatana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafuatana) Singular Plural 1st person ninafuatana/nafuatana tunafuatana 2nd person unafuatana mnafuatana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafuatana wanafuatana other classes positive subject concord + -nafuatana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fuatani) Singular Plural 1st person sifuatani hatufuatani 2nd person hufuatani hamfuatani 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafuatani hawafuatani other classes negative subject concord + -fuatani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafuatana Negative future negative subject concord + -tafuatana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fuatane) Singular Plural 1st person nifuatane tufuatane 2nd person ufuatane mfuatane 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afuatane wafuatane other classes positive subject concord + -fuatane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifuatane Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefuatana Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefuatana Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifuatana Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifuatana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afuatana) Singular Plural 1st person nafuatana twafuatana 2nd person wafuatana mwafuatana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afuatana wafuatana m-mi(III/IV) wafuatana yafuatana ji-ma(V/VI) lafuatana yafuatana ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafuatana vyafuatana n(IX/X) yafuatana zafuatana u(XI) wafuatana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwafuatana pa(XVI) pafuatana mu(XVIII) mwafuatana
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefuatana "Already" positive subject concord + -meshafuatana "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafuatana "If/When" positive subject concord + -kifuatana "If not" positive subject concord + -sipofuatana Consecutive kafuatana / positive subject concord + -kafuatana Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafuatane Object concord —
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + -fuatana- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -fuatanaye -fuatanao m-mi(III/IV) -fuatanao -fuatanayo ji-ma(V/VI) -fuatanalo -fuatanayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fuatanacho -fuatanavyo n(IX/X) -fuatanayo -fuatanazo u(XI) -fuatanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -fuatanako pa(XVI) -fuatanapo mu(XVIII) -fuatanamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -fuatana) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yefuatana -ofuatana m-mi(III/IV) -ofuatana -yofuatana ji-ma(V/VI) -lofuatana -yofuatana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofuatana -vyofuatana n(IX/X) -yofuatana -zofuatana u(XI) -ofuatana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kofuatana pa(XVI) -pofuatana mu(XVIII) -mofuatana
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:
  • mfuatano (“sequence”)