pakania

Swahili

Verb

-pakania (infinitive kupakania)

1. Applicative form of -pakana

Conjugation

Conjugation of -pakania
Positive present -napakania Subjunctive -pakanie Negative -pakanii Imperative singular pakania
Infinitives
Positive kupakania Negative kutopakania
Imperatives
Singular pakania Plural pakanieni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupakania Positive past positive subject concord + -lipakania Negative past negative subject concord + -kupakania
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napakania) Singular Plural 1st person ninapakania/napakania tunapakania 2nd person unapakania mnapakania 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapakania wanapakania other classes positive subject concord + -napakania
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pakanii) Singular Plural 1st person sipakanii hatupakanii 2nd person hupakanii hampakanii 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapakanii hawapakanii other classes negative subject concord + -pakanii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapakania Negative future negative subject concord + -tapakania
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pakanie) Singular Plural 1st person nipakanie tupakanie 2nd person upakanie mpakanie 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apakanie wapakanie other classes positive subject concord + -pakanie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipakanie Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepakania Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepakania Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipakania Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipakania
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apakania) Singular Plural 1st person napakania twapakania 2nd person wapakania mwapakania 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apakania wapakania m-mi(III/IV) wapakania yapakania ji-ma(V/VI) lapakania yapakania ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapakania vyapakania n(IX/X) yapakania zapakania u(XI) wapakania see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwapakania pa(XVI) papakania mu(XVIII) mwapakania
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepakania "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapakania "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japakania "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipakania "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopakania Consecutive kapakania / positive subject concord + -kapakania Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapakanie
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nipakania -tupakania 2nd person -kupakania -wapakania/-kupakanieni/-wapakanieni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpakania -wapakania m-mi(III/IV) -upakania -ipakania ji-ma(V/VI) -lipakania -yapakania ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipakania -vipakania n(IX/X) -ipakania -zipakania u(XI) -upakania see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kupakania pa(XVI) -papakania mu(XVIII) -mupakania Reflexive -jipakania
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -pakania- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -pakaniaye -pakaniao m-mi(III/IV) -pakaniao -pakaniayo ji-ma(V/VI) -pakanialo -pakaniayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pakaniacho -pakaniavyo n(IX/X) -pakaniayo -pakaniazo u(XI) -pakaniao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -pakaniako pa(XVI) -pakaniapo mu(XVIII) -pakaniamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -pakania) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yepakania -opakania m-mi(III/IV) -opakania -yopakania ji-ma(V/VI) -lopakania -yopakania ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopakania -vyopakania n(IX/X) -yopakania -zopakania u(XI) -opakania see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopakania pa(XVI) -popakania mu(XVIII) -mopakania
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.