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oana
- essive singular of uba
-oana (infinitive kuoana)
- Reciprocal form of -oa: to marry each other
- to intermarry
Conjugation of -oana
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Positive present
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-naoana
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Subjunctive
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-oane
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Negative
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-oani
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Imperative singular
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oana
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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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huoana
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lioana
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kuoana
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -naoana)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninaoana/naoana
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tunaoana
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2nd person
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unaoana
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mnaoana
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anaoana
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wanaoana
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -naoana
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -oani)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sioani
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hatuoani
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2nd person
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huoani
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hamwoani
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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haoani
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hawaoani
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -oani
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -taoana
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -taoana
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -oane)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nioane
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tuoane
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2nd person
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uoane
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mwoane
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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aoane
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waoane
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -oane
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sioane
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngeoana
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singeoana
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalioana
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalioana
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -meoana
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshaoana
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jaoana
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kioana
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipooana
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Consecutive
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kaoana / positive subject concord + -kaoana
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kaoane
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Object concord
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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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