tepeta

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tepeta (infinitive kutepeta)

1. to be slack

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tepeta
Positive present -natepeta Subjunctive -tepete Negative -tepeti Imperative singular tepeta
Infinitives
Positive kutepeta Negative kutotepeta
Imperatives
Singular tepeta Plural tepeteni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutepeta Positive past positive subject concord + -litepeta Negative past negative subject concord + -kutepeta
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natepeta) Singular Plural 1st person ninatepeta/natepeta tunatepeta 2nd person unatepeta mnatepeta 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatepeta wanatepeta other classes positive subject concord + -natepeta
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tepeti) Singular Plural 1st person sitepeti hatutepeti 2nd person hutepeti hamtepeti 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatepeti hawatepeti other classes negative subject concord + -tepeti
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatepeta Negative future negative subject concord + -tatepeta
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tepete) Singular Plural 1st person nitepete tutepete 2nd person utepete mtepete 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atepete watepete other classes positive subject concord + -tepete
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitepete Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetepeta Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetepeta Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitepeta Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitepeta
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atepeta) Singular Plural 1st person natepeta twatepeta 2nd person watepeta mwatepeta 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atepeta watepeta m-mi(III/IV) watepeta yatepeta ji-ma(V/VI) latepeta yatepeta ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatepeta vyatepeta n(IX/X) yatepeta zatepeta u(XI) watepeta see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatepeta pa(XVI) patepeta mu(XVIII) mwatepeta
Perfect positive subject concord + -metepeta "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatepeta "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatepeta "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitepeta "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotepeta Consecutive katepeta / positive subject concord + -katepeta Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katepete
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitepeta -tutepeta 2nd person -kutepeta -watepeta/-kutepeteni/-watepeteni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtepeta -watepeta m-mi(III/IV) -utepeta -itepeta ji-ma(V/VI) -litepeta -yatepeta ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitepeta -vitepeta n(IX/X) -itepeta -zitepeta u(XI) -utepeta see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutepeta pa(XVI) -patepeta mu(XVIII) -mutepeta Reflexive -jitepeta
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tepeta- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tepetaye -tepetao m-mi(III/IV) -tepetao -tepetayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tepetalo -tepetayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tepetacho -tepetavyo n(IX/X) -tepetayo -tepetazo u(XI) -tepetao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tepetako pa(XVI) -tepetapo mu(XVIII) -tepetamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tepeta) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetepeta -otepeta m-mi(III/IV) -otepeta -yotepeta ji-ma(V/VI) -lotepeta -yotepeta ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotepeta -vyotepeta n(IX/X) -yotepeta -zotepeta u(XI) -otepeta see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotepeta pa(XVI) -potepeta mu(XVIII) -motepeta
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

See also

• tepetevu
• utepetevu