sonona

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-sonona (infinitive kusonona)

1. to be sorry, to grieve

Conjugation

Conjugation of -sonona
Positive present -nasonona Subjunctive -sonone Negative -sononi Imperative singular sonona
Infinitives
Positive kusonona Negative kutosonona
Imperatives
Singular sonona Plural sononeni
Tensed forms
Habitual husonona Positive past positive subject concord + -lisonona Negative past negative subject concord + -kusonona
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasonona) Singular Plural 1st person ninasonona/nasonona tunasonona 2nd person unasonona mnasonona 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anasonona wanasonona other classes positive subject concord + -nasonona
Negative present (negative subject concord + -sononi) Singular Plural 1st person sisononi hatusononi 2nd person husononi hamsononi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hasononi hawasononi other classes negative subject concord + -sononi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tasonona Negative future negative subject concord + -tasonona
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -sonone) Singular Plural 1st person nisonone tusonone 2nd person usonone msonone 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asonone wasonone other classes positive subject concord + -sonone
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sisonone Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngesonona Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singesonona Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalisonona Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalisonona
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asonona) Singular Plural 1st person nasonona twasonona 2nd person wasonona mwasonona 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asonona wasonona m-mi(III/IV) wasonona yasonona ji-ma(V/VI) lasonona yasonona ki-vi(VII/VIII) chasonona vyasonona n(IX/X) yasonona zasonona u(XI) wasonona see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwasonona pa(XVI) pasonona mu(XVIII) mwasonona
Perfect positive subject concord + -mesonona "Already" positive subject concord + -meshasonona "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jasonona "If/When" positive subject concord + -kisonona "If not" positive subject concord + -siposonona Consecutive kasonona / positive subject concord + -kasonona Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kasonone
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nisonona -tusonona 2nd person -kusonona -wasonona/-kusononeni/-wasononeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -msonona -wasonona m-mi(III/IV) -usonona -isonona ji-ma(V/VI) -lisonona -yasonona ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kisonona -visonona n(IX/X) -isonona -zisonona u(XI) -usonona see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kusonona pa(XVI) -pasonona mu(XVIII) -musonona Reflexive -jisonona
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -sonona- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -sononaye -sononao m-mi(III/IV) -sononao -sononayo ji-ma(V/VI) -sononalo -sononayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -sononacho -sononavyo n(IX/X) -sononayo -sononazo u(XI) -sononao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -sononako pa(XVI) -sononapo mu(XVIII) -sononamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -sonona) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yesonona -osonona m-mi(III/IV) -osonona -yosonona ji-ma(V/VI) -losonona -yosonona ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chosonona -vyosonona n(IX/X) -yosonona -zosonona u(XI) -osonona see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kosonona pa(XVI) -posonona mu(XVIII) -mosonona
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: -sononea
  • Causative: -sononesha
  • Stative: -sononeka

• Nominal derivations:
  • kisonono (“gonorrhea”)