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-nyengá (infinitive kunyéngá)
- deceive, trick
- cheat (someone)
-nyéngá (infinitive kunyéngá)
- woo, court
- gain favor with someone
- (informal) have sex
-nyenga (infinitive kunyenga)
- to cheat (someone)
- to harass, persecute, force something out of someone
- (street slang) to anally penetrate (in homosexual contexts, but regarded as a non-homosexual activity)
Conjugation of -nyenga
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Positive present
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-nanyenga
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Subjunctive
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-nyenge
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Negative
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-nyengi
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Imperative singular
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nyenga
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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hunyenga
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -linyenga
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kunyenga
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nanyenga)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninanyenga/nanyenga
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tunanyenga
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2nd person
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unanyenga
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mnanyenga
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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ananyenga
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wananyenga
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nanyenga
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -nyengi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sinyengi
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hatunyengi
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2nd person
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hunyengi
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hamnyengi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hanyengi
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hawanyengi
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -nyengi
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tanyenga
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tanyenga
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -nyenge)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninyenge
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tunyenge
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2nd person
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unyenge
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mnyenge
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anyenge
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wanyenge
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nyenge
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sinyenge
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngenyenga
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singenyenga
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalinyenga
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalinyenga
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -menyenga
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshanyenga
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -janyenga
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kinyenga
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -siponyenga
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Consecutive
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kanyenga / positive subject concord + -kanyenga
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kanyenge
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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