onjea

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Verb

-onjea (infinitive kuonjea)

1. Applicative form of -onja

Conjugation

Conjugation of -onjea
Positive present -naonjea Subjunctive -onjee Negative -onjei Imperative singular onjea
Infinitives
Positive kuonjea Negative kutoonjea
Imperatives
Singular onjea Plural onjeeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huonjea Positive past positive subject concord + -lionjea Negative past negative subject concord + -kuonjea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naonjea) Singular Plural 1st person ninaonjea/naonjea tunaonjea 2nd person unaonjea mnaonjea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaonjea wanaonjea other classes positive subject concord + -naonjea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -onjei) Singular Plural 1st person sionjei hatuonjei 2nd person huonjei hamwonjei 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haonjei hawaonjei other classes negative subject concord + -onjei
Positive future positive subject concord + -taonjea Negative future negative subject concord + -taonjea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -onjee) Singular Plural 1st person nionjee tuonjee 2nd person uonjee mwonjee 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aonjee waonjee other classes positive subject concord + -onjee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sionjee Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeonjea Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeonjea Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalionjea Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalionjea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aonjea) Singular Plural 1st person naonjea twaonjea 2nd person waonjea mwaonjea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aonjea waonjea m-mi(III/IV) waonjea yaonjea ji-ma(V/VI) laonjea yaonjea ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaonjea vyaonjea n(IX/X) yaonjea zaonjea u(XI) waonjea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaonjea pa(XVI) paonjea mu(XVIII) mwaonjea
Perfect positive subject concord + -meonjea "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaonjea "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaonjea "If/When" positive subject concord + -kionjea "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoonjea Consecutive kaonjea / positive subject concord + -kaonjea Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaonjee
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nionjea -tuonjea 2nd person -kuonjea -waonjea/-kuonjeeni/-waonjeeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwonjea -waonjea m-mi(III/IV) -uonjea -ionjea ji-ma(V/VI) -lionjea -yaonjea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kionjea -vionjea n(IX/X) -ionjea -zionjea u(XI) -uonjea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuonjea pa(XVI) -paonjea mu(XVIII) -muonjea Reflexive -jionjea
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -onjea- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -onjeaye -onjeao m-mi(III/IV) -onjeao -onjeayo ji-ma(V/VI) -onjealo -onjeayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -onjeacho -onjeavyo n(IX/X) -onjeayo -onjeazo u(XI) -onjeao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -onjeako pa(XVI) -onjeapo mu(XVIII) -onjeamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -onjea) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeonjea -oonjea m-mi(III/IV) -oonjea -yoonjea ji-ma(V/VI) -loonjea -yoonjea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choonjea -vyoonjea n(IX/X) -yoonjea -zoonjea u(XI) -oonjea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koonjea pa(XVI) -poonjea mu(XVIII) -moonjea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.