pendea

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-pendea (infinitive kupendea)

1. Applicative form of -penda

Conjugation

Conjugation of -pendea
Positive present -napendea Subjunctive -pendee Negative -pendei Imperative singular pendea
Infinitives
Positive kupendea Negative kutopendea
Imperatives
Singular pendea Plural pendeeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupendea Positive past positive subject concord + -lipendea Negative past negative subject concord + -kupendea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napendea) Singular Plural 1st person ninapendea/napendea tunapendea 2nd person unapendea mnapendea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapendea wanapendea other classes positive subject concord + -napendea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pendei) Singular Plural 1st person sipendei hatupendei 2nd person hupendei hampendei 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapendei hawapendei other classes negative subject concord + -pendei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapendea Negative future negative subject concord + -tapendea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pendee) Singular Plural 1st person nipendee tupendee 2nd person upendee mpendee 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apendee wapendee other classes positive subject concord + -pendee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipendee Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngependea Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singependea Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipendea Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipendea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apendea) Singular Plural 1st person napendea twapendea 2nd person wapendea mwapendea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apendea wapendea m-mi(III/IV) wapendea yapendea ji-ma(V/VI) lapendea yapendea ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapendea vyapendea n(IX/X) yapendea zapendea u(XI) wapendea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwapendea pa(XVI) papendea mu(XVIII) mwapendea
Perfect positive subject concord + -mependea "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapendea "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japendea "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipendea "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopendea Consecutive kapendea / positive subject concord + -kapendea Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapendee
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nipendea -tupendea 2nd person -kupendea -wapendea/-kupendeeni/-wapendeeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpendea -wapendea m-mi(III/IV) -upendea -ipendea ji-ma(V/VI) -lipendea -yapendea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipendea -vipendea n(IX/X) -ipendea -zipendea u(XI) -upendea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kupendea pa(XVI) -papendea mu(XVIII) -mupendea Reflexive -jipendea
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -pendea- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -pendeaye -pendeao m-mi(III/IV) -pendeao -pendeayo ji-ma(V/VI) -pendealo -pendeayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pendeacho -pendeavyo n(IX/X) -pendeayo -pendeazo u(XI) -pendeao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -pendeako pa(XVI) -pendeapo mu(XVIII) -pendeamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -pendea) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yependea -opendea m-mi(III/IV) -opendea -yopendea ji-ma(V/VI) -lopendea -yopendea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopendea -vyopendea n(IX/X) -yopendea -zopendea u(XI) -opendea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopendea pa(XVI) -popendea mu(XVIII) -mopendea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -pendelea (“favor, prefer”)