tendea

Swahili

Verb

-tendea (infinitive kutendea)

1. Applicative form of -tenda: to do for
   • 1973, Mohammed S. Abdulla, Duniani kuna watu, page 5:

     […] nikakutendea kila kitu, hata ukawa mpumbavu wa kutenda mwenyewe; […]

     […] I did everything for you, until you became too fool to do anything yourself; […]

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tendea
Positive present -natendea Subjunctive -tendee Negative -tendei Imperative singular tendea
Infinitives
Positive kutendea Negative kutotendea
Imperatives
Singular tendea Plural tendeeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutendea Positive past positive subject concord + -litendea Negative past negative subject concord + -kutendea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natendea) Singular Plural 1st person ninatendea/natendea tunatendea 2nd person unatendea mnatendea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatendea wanatendea other classes positive subject concord + -natendea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tendei) Singular Plural 1st person sitendei hatutendei 2nd person hutendei hamtendei 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatendei hawatendei other classes negative subject concord + -tendei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatendea Negative future negative subject concord + -tatendea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tendee) Singular Plural 1st person nitendee tutendee 2nd person utendee mtendee 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atendee watendee other classes positive subject concord + -tendee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitendee Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetendea Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetendea Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitendea Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitendea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atendea) Singular Plural 1st person natendea twatendea 2nd person watendea mwatendea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atendea watendea m-mi(III/IV) watendea yatendea ji-ma(V/VI) latendea yatendea ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatendea vyatendea n(IX/X) yatendea zatendea u(XI) watendea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatendea pa(XVI) patendea mu(XVIII) mwatendea
Perfect positive subject concord + -metendea "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatendea "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatendea "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitendea "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotendea Consecutive katendea / positive subject concord + -katendea Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katendee
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitendea -tutendea 2nd person -kutendea -watendea/-kutendeeni/-watendeeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtendea -watendea m-mi(III/IV) -utendea -itendea ji-ma(V/VI) -litendea -yatendea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitendea -vitendea n(IX/X) -itendea -zitendea u(XI) -utendea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutendea pa(XVI) -patendea mu(XVIII) -mutendea Reflexive -jitendea
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tendea- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tendeaye -tendeao m-mi(III/IV) -tendeao -tendeayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tendealo -tendeayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tendeacho -tendeavyo n(IX/X) -tendeayo -tendeazo u(XI) -tendeao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tendeako pa(XVI) -tendeapo mu(XVIII) -tendeamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tendea) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetendea -otendea m-mi(III/IV) -otendea -yotendea ji-ma(V/VI) -lotendea -yotendea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotendea -vyotendea n(IX/X) -yotendea -zotendea u(XI) -otendea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotendea pa(XVI) -potendea mu(XVIII) -motendea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.