fungama

Swahili

Etymology

-funga (“to tie, to fasten”) +‎ -ama.

Verb

-fungama (infinitive kufungama)

1. to be bound, to be tied

Conjugation

Conjugation of -fungama
Positive present -nafungama Subjunctive -fungame Negative -fungami Imperative singular fungama
Infinitives
Positive kufungama Negative kutofungama
Imperatives
Singular fungama Plural fungameni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufungama Positive past positive subject concord + -lifungama Negative past negative subject concord + -kufungama
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafungama) Singular Plural 1st person ninafungama/nafungama tunafungama 2nd person unafungama mnafungama 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafungama wanafungama other classes positive subject concord + -nafungama
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fungami) Singular Plural 1st person sifungami hatufungami 2nd person hufungami hamfungami 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafungami hawafungami other classes negative subject concord + -fungami
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafungama Negative future negative subject concord + -tafungama
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fungame) Singular Plural 1st person nifungame tufungame 2nd person ufungame mfungame 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afungame wafungame other classes positive subject concord + -fungame
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifungame Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefungama Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefungama Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifungama Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifungama
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afungama) Singular Plural 1st person nafungama twafungama 2nd person wafungama mwafungama 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afungama wafungama m-mi(III/IV) wafungama yafungama ji-ma(V/VI) lafungama yafungama ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafungama vyafungama n(IX/X) yafungama zafungama u(XI) wafungama see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwafungama pa(XVI) pafungama mu(XVIII) mwafungama
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefungama "Already" positive subject concord + -meshafungama "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafungama "If/When" positive subject concord + -kifungama "If not" positive subject concord + -sipofungama Consecutive kafungama / positive subject concord + -kafungama Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafungame Object concord —
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + -fungama- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -fungamaye -fungamao m-mi(III/IV) -fungamao -fungamayo ji-ma(V/VI) -fungamalo -fungamayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fungamacho -fungamavyo n(IX/X) -fungamayo -fungamazo u(XI) -fungamao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -fungamako pa(XVI) -fungamapo mu(XVIII) -fungamamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -fungama) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yefungama -ofungama m-mi(III/IV) -ofungama -yofungama ji-ma(V/VI) -lofungama -yofungama ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofungama -vyofungama n(IX/X) -yofungama -zofungama u(XI) -ofungama see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kofungama pa(XVI) -pofungama mu(XVIII) -mofungama
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:
  • Reciprocal: -fungamana