songamana

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-songamana (infinitive kusongamana)

1. to be jammed together, to be congested

Conjugation

Conjugation of -songamana
Positive present -nasongamana Subjunctive -songamane Negative -songamani Imperative singular songamana
Infinitives
Positive kusongamana Negative kutosongamana
Imperatives
Singular songamana Plural songamaneni
Tensed forms
Habitual husongamana Positive past positive subject concord + -lisongamana Negative past negative subject concord + -kusongamana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasongamana) Singular Plural 1st person ninasongamana/nasongamana tunasongamana 2nd person unasongamana mnasongamana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anasongamana wanasongamana other classes positive subject concord + -nasongamana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -songamani) Singular Plural 1st person sisongamani hatusongamani 2nd person husongamani hamsongamani 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hasongamani hawasongamani other classes negative subject concord + -songamani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tasongamana Negative future negative subject concord + -tasongamana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -songamane) Singular Plural 1st person nisongamane tusongamane 2nd person usongamane msongamane 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asongamane wasongamane other classes positive subject concord + -songamane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sisongamane Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngesongamana Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singesongamana Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalisongamana Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalisongamana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asongamana) Singular Plural 1st person nasongamana twasongamana 2nd person wasongamana mwasongamana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asongamana wasongamana m-mi(III/IV) wasongamana yasongamana ji-ma(V/VI) lasongamana yasongamana ki-vi(VII/VIII) chasongamana vyasongamana n(IX/X) yasongamana zasongamana u(XI) wasongamana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwasongamana pa(XVI) pasongamana mu(XVIII) mwasongamana
Perfect positive subject concord + -mesongamana "Already" positive subject concord + -meshasongamana "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jasongamana "If/When" positive subject concord + -kisongamana "If not" positive subject concord + -siposongamana Consecutive kasongamana / positive subject concord + -kasongamana Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kasongamane
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nisongamana -tusongamana 2nd person -kusongamana -wasongamana/-kusongamaneni/-wasongamaneni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -msongamana -wasongamana m-mi(III/IV) -usongamana -isongamana ji-ma(V/VI) -lisongamana -yasongamana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kisongamana -visongamana n(IX/X) -isongamana -zisongamana u(XI) -usongamana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kusongamana pa(XVI) -pasongamana mu(XVIII) -musongamana Reflexive -jisongamana
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -songamana- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -songamanaye -songamanao m-mi(III/IV) -songamanao -songamanayo ji-ma(V/VI) -songamanalo -songamanayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -songamanacho -songamanavyo n(IX/X) -songamanayo -songamanazo u(XI) -songamanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -songamanako pa(XVI) -songamanapo mu(XVIII) -songamanamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -songamana) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yesongamana -osongamana m-mi(III/IV) -osongamana -yosongamana ji-ma(V/VI) -losongamana -yosongamana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chosongamana -vyosongamana n(IX/X) -yosongamana -zosongamana u(XI) -osongamana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kosongamana pa(XVI) -posongamana mu(XVIII) -mosongamana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • msongamano (“blockage, congestion”)