tanadhari

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَنَاظَرَ (tanāẓara).

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tanadhari (infinitive kutanadhari)

1. to beware, be cautious

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tanadhari
Positive present -natanadhari Subjunctive -tanadhari Negative -tanadhari Imperative singular tanadhari
Infinitives
Positive kutanadhari Negative kutotanadhari
Imperatives
Singular tanadhari Plural tanadharini
Tensed forms
Habitual hutanadhari Positive past positive subject concord + -litanadhari Negative past negative subject concord + -kutanadhari
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natanadhari) Singular Plural 1st person ninatanadhari/natanadhari tunatanadhari 2nd person unatanadhari mnatanadhari 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatanadhari wanatanadhari other classes positive subject concord + -natanadhari
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tanadhari) Singular Plural 1st person sitanadhari hatutanadhari 2nd person hutanadhari hamtanadhari 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatanadhari hawatanadhari other classes negative subject concord + -tanadhari
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatanadhari Negative future negative subject concord + -tatanadhari
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tanadhari) Singular Plural 1st person nitanadhari tutanadhari 2nd person utanadhari mtanadhari 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atanadhari watanadhari other classes positive subject concord + -tanadhari
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitanadhari Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetanadhari Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetanadhari Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitanadhari Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitanadhari
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atanadhari) Singular Plural 1st person natanadhari twatanadhari 2nd person watanadhari mwatanadhari 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atanadhari watanadhari m-mi(III/IV) watanadhari yatanadhari ji-ma(V/VI) latanadhari yatanadhari ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatanadhari vyatanadhari n(IX/X) yatanadhari zatanadhari u(XI) watanadhari see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatanadhari pa(XVI) patanadhari mu(XVIII) mwatanadhari
Perfect positive subject concord + -metanadhari "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatanadhari "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatanadhari "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitanadhari "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotanadhari Consecutive katanadhari / positive subject concord + -katanadhari Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katanadhari
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitanadhari -tutanadhari 2nd person -kutanadhari -watanadhari/-kutanadharini/-watanadharini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtanadhari -watanadhari m-mi(III/IV) -utanadhari -itanadhari ji-ma(V/VI) -litanadhari -yatanadhari ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitanadhari -vitanadhari n(IX/X) -itanadhari -zitanadhari u(XI) -utanadhari see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutanadhari pa(XVI) -patanadhari mu(XVIII) -mutanadhari Reflexive -jitanadhari
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tanadhari- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tanadhariye -tanadhario m-mi(III/IV) -tanadhario -tanadhariyo ji-ma(V/VI) -tanadharilo -tanadhariyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tanadharicho -tanadharivyo n(IX/X) -tanadhariyo -tanadharizo u(XI) -tanadhario see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tanadhariko pa(XVI) -tanadharipo mu(XVIII) -tanadharimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tanadhari) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetanadhari -otanadhari m-mi(III/IV) -otanadhari -yotanadhari ji-ma(V/VI) -lotanadhari -yotanadhari ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotanadhari -vyotanadhari n(IX/X) -yotanadhari -zotanadhari u(XI) -otanadhari see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotanadhari pa(XVI) -potanadhari mu(XVIII) -motanadhari
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.