onana

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-onana (infinitive kuonana)

1. Reciprocal form of -ona: to see each other, meet

Conjugation

Conjugation of -onana
Positive present -naonana Subjunctive -onane Negative -onani Imperative singular onana
Infinitives
Positive kuonana Negative kutoonana
Imperatives
Singular onana Plural onaneni
Tensed forms
Habitual huonana Positive past positive subject concord + -lionana Negative past negative subject concord + -kuonana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naonana) Singular Plural 1st person ninaonana/naonana tunaonana 2nd person unaonana mnaonana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaonana wanaonana other classes positive subject concord + -naonana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -onani) Singular Plural 1st person sionani hatuonani 2nd person huonani hamwonani 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haonani hawaonani other classes negative subject concord + -onani
Positive future positive subject concord + -taonana Negative future negative subject concord + -taonana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -onane) Singular Plural 1st person nionane tuonane 2nd person uonane mwonane 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aonane waonane other classes positive subject concord + -onane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sionane Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeonana Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeonana Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalionana Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalionana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aonana) Singular Plural 1st person naonana twaonana 2nd person waonana mwaonana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aonana waonana m-mi(III/IV) waonana yaonana ji-ma(V/VI) laonana yaonana ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaonana vyaonana n(IX/X) yaonana zaonana u(XI) waonana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaonana pa(XVI) paonana mu(XVIII) mwaonana
Perfect positive subject concord + -meonana "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaonana "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaonana "If/When" positive subject concord + -kionana "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoonana Consecutive kaonana / positive subject concord + -kaonana Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaonane
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nionana -tuonana 2nd person -kuonana -waonana/-kuonaneni/-waonaneni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwonana -waonana m-mi(III/IV) -uonana -ionana ji-ma(V/VI) -lionana -yaonana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kionana -vionana n(IX/X) -ionana -zionana u(XI) -uonana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuonana pa(XVI) -paonana mu(XVIII) -muonana Reflexive -jionana
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -onana- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -onanaye -onanao m-mi(III/IV) -onanao -onanayo ji-ma(V/VI) -onanalo -onanayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -onanacho -onanavyo n(IX/X) -onanayo -onanazo u(XI) -onanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -onanako pa(XVI) -onanapo mu(XVIII) -onanamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -onana) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeonana -oonana m-mi(III/IV) -oonana -yoonana ji-ma(V/VI) -loonana -yoonana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choonana -vyoonana n(IX/X) -yoonana -zoonana u(XI) -oonana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koonana pa(XVI) -poonana mu(XVIII) -moonana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.