kusanya

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-kusanya (infinitive kukusanya)

1. to accumulate, gather, assemble, collect

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kusanya
Positive present -nakusanya Subjunctive -kusanye Negative -kusanyi Imperative singular kusanya
Infinitives
Positive kukusanya Negative kutokusanya
Imperatives
Singular kusanya Plural kusanyeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukusanya Positive past positive subject concord + -likusanya Negative past negative subject concord + -kukusanya
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakusanya) Singular Plural 1st person ninakusanya/nakusanya tunakusanya 2nd person unakusanya mnakusanya 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakusanya wanakusanya other classes positive subject concord + -nakusanya
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kusanyi) Singular Plural 1st person sikusanyi hatukusanyi 2nd person hukusanyi hamkusanyi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakusanyi hawakusanyi other classes negative subject concord + -kusanyi
Positive future positive subject concord + -takusanya Negative future negative subject concord + -takusanya
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kusanye) Singular Plural 1st person nikusanye tukusanye 2nd person ukusanye mkusanye 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akusanye wakusanye other classes positive subject concord + -kusanye
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikusanye Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekusanya Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekusanya Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikusanya Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikusanya
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akusanya) Singular Plural 1st person nakusanya twakusanya 2nd person wakusanya mwakusanya 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akusanya wakusanya m-mi(III/IV) wakusanya yakusanya ji-ma(V/VI) lakusanya yakusanya ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakusanya vyakusanya n(IX/X) yakusanya zakusanya u(XI) wakusanya see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwakusanya pa(XVI) pakusanya mu(XVIII) mwakusanya
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekusanya "Already" positive subject concord + -meshakusanya "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakusanya "If/When" positive subject concord + -kikusanya "If not" positive subject concord + -sipokusanya Consecutive kakusanya / positive subject concord + -kakusanya Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakusanye
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nikusanya -tukusanya 2nd person -kukusanya -wakusanya/-kukusanyeni/-wakusanyeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkusanya -wakusanya m-mi(III/IV) -ukusanya -ikusanya ji-ma(V/VI) -likusanya -yakusanya ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikusanya -vikusanya n(IX/X) -ikusanya -zikusanya u(XI) -ukusanya see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kukusanya pa(XVI) -pakusanya mu(XVIII) -mukusanya Reflexive -jikusanya
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kusanya- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -kusanyaye -kusanyao m-mi(III/IV) -kusanyao -kusanyayo ji-ma(V/VI) -kusanyalo -kusanyayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kusanyacho -kusanyavyo n(IX/X) -kusanyayo -kusanyazo u(XI) -kusanyao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kusanyako pa(XVI) -kusanyapo mu(XVIII) -kusanyamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kusanya) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yekusanya -okusanya m-mi(III/IV) -okusanya -yokusanya ji-ma(V/VI) -lokusanya -yokusanya ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokusanya -vyokusanya n(IX/X) -yokusanya -zokusanya u(XI) -okusanya see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kokusanya pa(XVI) -pokusanya mu(XVIII) -mokusanya
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:
  • Passive: -kusanywa
  • Stative: -kusanyika

• Nominal derivations:
  • mkusanya (“collector”)
  • mkusanyo (“gathering, assembly”)
  • ukusanyaji (“collection”)