kunjuka

Swahili

Verb

-kunjuka (infinitive kukunjuka)

1. Stative form of -kunjua: to be unfolded
2. (of a face) to smile
   • 1973, Mohammed S. Abdulla, Duniani kuna watu, page 3:

     Uso wake umekunjuka, sini yake haina kitu kilichokiumbua, isipokuwa kwa mbali, […]

     His face was smiling; his complexion had nothing that disfigured it, if not from far; […]

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kunjuka
Positive present -nakunjuka Subjunctive -kunjuke Negative -kunjuki Imperative singular kunjuka
Infinitives
Positive kukunjuka Negative kutokunjuka
Imperatives
Singular kunjuka Plural kunjukeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukunjuka Positive past positive subject concord + -likunjuka Negative past negative subject concord + -kukunjuka
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakunjuka) Singular Plural 1st person ninakunjuka/nakunjuka tunakunjuka 2nd person unakunjuka mnakunjuka 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakunjuka wanakunjuka other classes positive subject concord + -nakunjuka
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kunjuki) Singular Plural 1st person sikunjuki hatukunjuki 2nd person hukunjuki hamkunjuki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakunjuki hawakunjuki other classes negative subject concord + -kunjuki
Positive future positive subject concord + -takunjuka Negative future negative subject concord + -takunjuka
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kunjuke) Singular Plural 1st person nikunjuke tukunjuke 2nd person ukunjuke mkunjuke 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akunjuke wakunjuke other classes positive subject concord + -kunjuke
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikunjuke Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekunjuka Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekunjuka Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikunjuka Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikunjuka
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akunjuka) Singular Plural 1st person nakunjuka twakunjuka 2nd person wakunjuka mwakunjuka 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akunjuka wakunjuka m-mi(III/IV) wakunjuka yakunjuka ji-ma(V/VI) lakunjuka yakunjuka ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakunjuka vyakunjuka n(IX/X) yakunjuka zakunjuka u(XI) wakunjuka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwakunjuka pa(XVI) pakunjuka mu(XVIII) mwakunjuka
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekunjuka "Already" positive subject concord + -meshakunjuka "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakunjuka "If/When" positive subject concord + -kikunjuka "If not" positive subject concord + -sipokunjuka Consecutive kakunjuka / positive subject concord + -kakunjuka Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakunjuke Object concord —
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + -kunjuka- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -kunjukaye -kunjukao m-mi(III/IV) -kunjukao -kunjukayo ji-ma(V/VI) -kunjukalo -kunjukayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kunjukacho -kunjukavyo n(IX/X) -kunjukayo -kunjukazo u(XI) -kunjukao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kunjukako pa(XVI) -kunjukapo mu(XVIII) -kunjukamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -kunjuka) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yekunjuka -okunjuka m-mi(III/IV) -okunjuka -yokunjuka ji-ma(V/VI) -lokunjuka -yokunjuka ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokunjuka -vyokunjuka n(IX/X) -yokunjuka -zokunjuka u(XI) -okunjuka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kokunjuka pa(XVI) -pokunjuka mu(XVIII) -mokunjuka
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.