tegea

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tegea (infinitive kutegea)

1. Applicative form of -tega

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tegea
Positive present -nategea Subjunctive -tegee Negative -tegei Imperative singular tegea
Infinitives
Positive kutegea Negative kutotegea
Imperatives
Singular tegea Plural tegeeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutegea Positive past positive subject concord + -litegea Negative past negative subject concord + -kutegea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nategea) Singular Plural 1st person ninategea/nategea tunategea 2nd person unategea mnategea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anategea wanategea other classes positive subject concord + -nategea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tegei) Singular Plural 1st person sitegei hatutegei 2nd person hutegei hamtegei 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hategei hawategei other classes negative subject concord + -tegei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tategea Negative future negative subject concord + -tategea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tegee) Singular Plural 1st person nitegee tutegee 2nd person utegee mtegee 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ategee wategee other classes positive subject concord + -tegee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitegee Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetegea Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetegea Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitegea Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitegea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ategea) Singular Plural 1st person nategea twategea 2nd person wategea mwategea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ategea wategea m-mi(III/IV) wategea yategea ji-ma(V/VI) lategea yategea ki-vi(VII/VIII) chategea vyategea n(IX/X) yategea zategea u(XI) wategea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwategea pa(XVI) pategea mu(XVIII) mwategea
Perfect positive subject concord + -metegea "Already" positive subject concord + -meshategea "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jategea "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitegea "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotegea Consecutive kategea / positive subject concord + -kategea Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kategee
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitegea -tutegea 2nd person -kutegea -wategea/-kutegeeni/-wategeeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtegea -wategea m-mi(III/IV) -utegea -itegea ji-ma(V/VI) -litegea -yategea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitegea -vitegea n(IX/X) -itegea -zitegea u(XI) -utegea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutegea pa(XVI) -pategea mu(XVIII) -mutegea Reflexive -jitegea
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tegea- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tegeaye -tegeao m-mi(III/IV) -tegeao -tegeayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tegealo -tegeayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tegeacho -tegeavyo n(IX/X) -tegeayo -tegeazo u(XI) -tegeao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tegeako pa(XVI) -tegeapo mu(XVIII) -tegeamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tegea) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetegea -otegea m-mi(III/IV) -otegea -yotegea ji-ma(V/VI) -lotegea -yotegea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotegea -vyotegea n(IX/X) -yotegea -zotegea u(XI) -otegea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotegea pa(XVI) -potegea mu(XVIII) -motegea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.