tegemeana

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tegemeana (infinitive kutegemeana)

1. Reciprocal form of -tegemea: to depend on one another, be interdependent

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tegemeana
Positive present -nategemeana Subjunctive -tegemeane Negative -tegemeani Imperative singular tegemeana
Infinitives
Positive kutegemeana Negative kutotegemeana
Imperatives
Singular tegemeana Plural tegemeaneni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutegemeana Positive past positive subject concord + -litegemeana Negative past negative subject concord + -kutegemeana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nategemeana) Singular Plural 1st person ninategemeana/nategemeana tunategemeana 2nd person unategemeana mnategemeana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anategemeana wanategemeana other classes positive subject concord + -nategemeana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tegemeani) Singular Plural 1st person sitegemeani hatutegemeani 2nd person hutegemeani hamtegemeani 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hategemeani hawategemeani other classes negative subject concord + -tegemeani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tategemeana Negative future negative subject concord + -tategemeana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tegemeane) Singular Plural 1st person nitegemeane tutegemeane 2nd person utegemeane mtegemeane 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ategemeane wategemeane other classes positive subject concord + -tegemeane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitegemeane Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetegemeana Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetegemeana Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitegemeana Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitegemeana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ategemeana) Singular Plural 1st person nategemeana twategemeana 2nd person wategemeana mwategemeana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ategemeana wategemeana m-mi(III/IV) wategemeana yategemeana ji-ma(V/VI) lategemeana yategemeana ki-vi(VII/VIII) chategemeana vyategemeana n(IX/X) yategemeana zategemeana u(XI) wategemeana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwategemeana pa(XVI) pategemeana mu(XVIII) mwategemeana
Perfect positive subject concord + -metegemeana "Already" positive subject concord + -meshategemeana "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jategemeana "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitegemeana "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotegemeana Consecutive kategemeana / positive subject concord + -kategemeana Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kategemeane Object concord —
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + -tegemeana- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tegemeanaye -tegemeanao m-mi(III/IV) -tegemeanao -tegemeanayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tegemeanalo -tegemeanayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tegemeanacho -tegemeanavyo n(IX/X) -tegemeanayo -tegemeanazo u(XI) -tegemeanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tegemeanako pa(XVI) -tegemeanapo mu(XVIII) -tegemeanamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -tegemeana) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetegemeana -otegemeana m-mi(III/IV) -otegemeana -yotegemeana ji-ma(V/VI) -lotegemeana -yotegemeana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotegemeana -vyotegemeana n(IX/X) -yotegemeana -zotegemeana u(XI) -otegemeana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotegemeana pa(XVI) -potegemeana mu(XVIII) -motegemeana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • utegemeano (“interdependence”)