taraja

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

Verb

-taraja (infinitive kutaraja)

1. to hope

Conjugation

Conjugation of -taraja
Positive present -nataraja Subjunctive -taraje Negative -taraji Imperative singular taraja
Infinitives
Positive kutaraja Negative kutotaraja
Imperatives
Singular taraja Plural tarajeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutaraja Positive past positive subject concord + -litaraja Negative past negative subject concord + -kutaraja
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nataraja) Singular Plural 1st person ninataraja/nataraja tunataraja 2nd person unataraja mnataraja 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anataraja wanataraja other classes positive subject concord + -nataraja
Negative present (negative subject concord + -taraji) Singular Plural 1st person sitaraji hatutaraji 2nd person hutaraji hamtaraji 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hataraji hawataraji other classes negative subject concord + -taraji
Positive future positive subject concord + -tataraja Negative future negative subject concord + -tataraja
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -taraje) Singular Plural 1st person nitaraje tutaraje 2nd person utaraje mtaraje 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ataraje wataraje other classes positive subject concord + -taraje
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitaraje Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetaraja Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetaraja Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitaraja Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitaraja
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ataraja) Singular Plural 1st person nataraja twataraja 2nd person wataraja mwataraja 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ataraja wataraja m-mi(III/IV) wataraja yataraja ji-ma(V/VI) lataraja yataraja ki-vi(VII/VIII) chataraja vyataraja n(IX/X) yataraja zataraja u(XI) wataraja see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwataraja pa(XVI) pataraja mu(XVIII) mwataraja
Perfect positive subject concord + -metaraja "Already" positive subject concord + -meshataraja "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jataraja "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitaraja "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotaraja Consecutive kataraja / positive subject concord + -kataraja Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kataraje
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitaraja -tutaraja 2nd person -kutaraja -wataraja/-kutarajeni/-watarajeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtaraja -wataraja m-mi(III/IV) -utaraja -itaraja ji-ma(V/VI) -litaraja -yataraja ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitaraja -vitaraja n(IX/X) -itaraja -zitaraja u(XI) -utaraja see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutaraja pa(XVI) -pataraja mu(XVIII) -mutaraja Reflexive -jitaraja
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -taraja- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tarajaye -tarajao m-mi(III/IV) -tarajao -tarajayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tarajalo -tarajayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tarajacho -tarajavyo n(IX/X) -tarajayo -tarajazo u(XI) -tarajao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tarajako pa(XVI) -tarajapo mu(XVIII) -tarajamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -taraja) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetaraja -otaraja m-mi(III/IV) -otaraja -yotaraja ji-ma(V/VI) -lotaraja -yotaraja ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotaraja -vyotaraja n(IX/X) -yotaraja -zotaraja u(XI) -otaraja see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotaraja pa(XVI) -potaraja mu(XVIII) -motaraja
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.