gandama

Swahili

Etymology

-ganda (“to coagulate”) +‎ -ama.

Verb

-gandama (infinitive kugandama)

1. to stick

Conjugation

Conjugation of -gandama
Positive present -nagandama Subjunctive -gandame Negative -gandami Imperative singular gandama
Infinitives
Positive kugandama Negative kutogandama
Imperatives
Singular gandama Plural gandameni
Tensed forms
Habitual hugandama Positive past positive subject concord + -ligandama Negative past negative subject concord + -kugandama
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nagandama) Singular Plural 1st person ninagandama/nagandama tunagandama 2nd person unagandama mnagandama 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anagandama wanagandama other classes positive subject concord + -nagandama
Negative present (negative subject concord + -gandami) Singular Plural 1st person sigandami hatugandami 2nd person hugandami hamgandami 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hagandami hawagandami other classes negative subject concord + -gandami
Positive future positive subject concord + -tagandama Negative future negative subject concord + -tagandama
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -gandame) Singular Plural 1st person nigandame tugandame 2nd person ugandame mgandame 3rd person m-wa(I/II) agandame wagandame other classes positive subject concord + -gandame
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sigandame Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngegandama Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singegandama Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaligandama Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaligandama
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -agandama) Singular Plural 1st person nagandama twagandama 2nd person wagandama mwagandama 3rd person m-wa(I/II) agandama wagandama m-mi(III/IV) wagandama yagandama ji-ma(V/VI) lagandama yagandama ki-vi(VII/VIII) chagandama vyagandama n(IX/X) yagandama zagandama u(XI) wagandama see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwagandama pa(XVI) pagandama mu(XVIII) mwagandama
Perfect positive subject concord + -megandama "Already" positive subject concord + -meshagandama "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jagandama "If/When" positive subject concord + -kigandama "If not" positive subject concord + -sipogandama Consecutive kagandama / positive subject concord + -kagandama Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kagandame Object concord —
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + -gandama- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -gandamaye -gandamao m-mi(III/IV) -gandamao -gandamayo ji-ma(V/VI) -gandamalo -gandamayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -gandamacho -gandamavyo n(IX/X) -gandamayo -gandamazo u(XI) -gandamao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -gandamako pa(XVI) -gandamapo mu(XVIII) -gandamamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -gandama) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yegandama -ogandama m-mi(III/IV) -ogandama -yogandama ji-ma(V/VI) -logandama -yogandama ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chogandama -vyogandama n(IX/X) -yogandama -zogandama u(XI) -ogandama see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kogandama pa(XVI) -pogandama mu(XVIII) -mogandama
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.