tawanya

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tawanya (infinitive kutawanya)

1. to spread, scatter, disperse

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tawanya
Positive present -natawanya Subjunctive -tawanye Negative -tawanyi Imperative singular tawanya
Infinitives
Positive kutawanya Negative kutotawanya
Imperatives
Singular tawanya Plural tawanyeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutawanya Positive past positive subject concord + -litawanya Negative past negative subject concord + -kutawanya
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natawanya) Singular Plural 1st person ninatawanya/natawanya tunatawanya 2nd person unatawanya mnatawanya 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatawanya wanatawanya other classes positive subject concord + -natawanya
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tawanyi) Singular Plural 1st person sitawanyi hatutawanyi 2nd person hutawanyi hamtawanyi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatawanyi hawatawanyi other classes negative subject concord + -tawanyi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatawanya Negative future negative subject concord + -tatawanya
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tawanye) Singular Plural 1st person nitawanye tutawanye 2nd person utawanye mtawanye 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atawanye watawanye other classes positive subject concord + -tawanye
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitawanye Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetawanya Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetawanya Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitawanya Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitawanya
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atawanya) Singular Plural 1st person natawanya twatawanya 2nd person watawanya mwatawanya 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atawanya watawanya m-mi(III/IV) watawanya yatawanya ji-ma(V/VI) latawanya yatawanya ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatawanya vyatawanya n(IX/X) yatawanya zatawanya u(XI) watawanya see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatawanya pa(XVI) patawanya mu(XVIII) mwatawanya
Perfect positive subject concord + -metawanya "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatawanya "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatawanya "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitawanya "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotawanya Consecutive katawanya / positive subject concord + -katawanya Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katawanye
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitawanya -tutawanya 2nd person -kutawanya -watawanya/-kutawanyeni/-watawanyeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtawanya -watawanya m-mi(III/IV) -utawanya -itawanya ji-ma(V/VI) -litawanya -yatawanya ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitawanya -vitawanya n(IX/X) -itawanya -zitawanya u(XI) -utawanya see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutawanya pa(XVI) -patawanya mu(XVIII) -mutawanya Reflexive -jitawanya
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tawanya- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tawanyaye -tawanyao m-mi(III/IV) -tawanyao -tawanyayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tawanyalo -tawanyayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tawanyacho -tawanyavyo n(IX/X) -tawanyayo -tawanyazo u(XI) -tawanyao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tawanyako pa(XVI) -tawanyapo mu(XVIII) -tawanyamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tawanya) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetawanya -otawanya m-mi(III/IV) -otawanya -yotawanya ji-ma(V/VI) -lotawanya -yotawanya ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotawanya -vyotawanya n(IX/X) -yotawanya -zotawanya u(XI) -otawanya see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotawanya pa(XVI) -potawanya mu(XVIII) -motawanya
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: -tawanyia
  • Causative: -tawanyisha
  • Passive: -tawanywa
  • Reciprocal: -tawanyana
  • Stative: -tawanyika