tengana

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tengana (infinitive kutengana)

1. Reciprocal form of -tenga: to be separated
2. to be estranged

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tengana
Positive present -natengana Subjunctive -tengane Negative -tengani Imperative singular tengana
Infinitives
Positive kutengana Negative kutotengana
Imperatives
Singular tengana Plural tenganeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutengana Positive past positive subject concord + -litengana Negative past negative subject concord + -kutengana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natengana) Singular Plural 1st person ninatengana/natengana tunatengana 2nd person unatengana mnatengana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatengana wanatengana other classes positive subject concord + -natengana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tengani) Singular Plural 1st person sitengani hatutengani 2nd person hutengani hamtengani 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatengani hawatengani other classes negative subject concord + -tengani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatengana Negative future negative subject concord + -tatengana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tengane) Singular Plural 1st person nitengane tutengane 2nd person utengane mtengane 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atengane watengane other classes positive subject concord + -tengane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitengane Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetengana Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetengana Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitengana Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitengana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atengana) Singular Plural 1st person natengana twatengana 2nd person watengana mwatengana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atengana watengana m-mi(III/IV) watengana yatengana ji-ma(V/VI) latengana yatengana ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatengana vyatengana n(IX/X) yatengana zatengana u(XI) watengana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatengana pa(XVI) patengana mu(XVIII) mwatengana
Perfect positive subject concord + -metengana "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatengana "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatengana "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitengana "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotengana Consecutive katengana / positive subject concord + -katengana Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katengane Object concord —
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + -tengana- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tenganaye -tenganao m-mi(III/IV) -tenganao -tenganayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tenganalo -tenganayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tenganacho -tenganavyo n(IX/X) -tenganayo -tenganazo u(XI) -tenganao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tenganako pa(XVI) -tenganapo mu(XVIII) -tenganamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -tengana) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetengana -otengana m-mi(III/IV) -otengana -yotengana ji-ma(V/VI) -lotengana -yotengana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotengana -vyotengana n(IX/X) -yotengana -zotengana u(XI) -otengana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotengana pa(XVI) -potengana mu(XVIII) -motengana
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:
  • Causative: -tenganisha (“to cause separation”)

• Nominal derivations:
  • utengano (“separation”)