kusanya

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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-kusanya (infinitive kukusanya)

  1. to accumulate, gather, assemble, collect

Conjugation

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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

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