tetana

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-tetana (infinitive kutetana)

1. Reciprocal form of -teta

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tetana
Positive present -natetana Subjunctive -tetane Negative -tetani Imperative singular tetana
Infinitives
Positive kutetana Negative kutotetana
Imperatives
Singular tetana Plural tetaneni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutetana Positive past positive subject concord + -litetana Negative past negative subject concord + -kutetana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natetana) Singular Plural 1st person ninatetana/natetana tunatetana 2nd person unatetana mnatetana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatetana wanatetana other classes positive subject concord + -natetana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tetani) Singular Plural 1st person sitetani hatutetani 2nd person hutetani hamtetani 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatetani hawatetani other classes negative subject concord + -tetani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatetana Negative future negative subject concord + -tatetana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tetane) Singular Plural 1st person nitetane tutetane 2nd person utetane mtetane 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atetane watetane other classes positive subject concord + -tetane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitetane Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetetana Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetetana Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitetana Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitetana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atetana) Singular Plural 1st person natetana twatetana 2nd person watetana mwatetana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atetana watetana m-mi(III/IV) watetana yatetana ji-ma(V/VI) latetana yatetana ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatetana vyatetana n(IX/X) yatetana zatetana u(XI) watetana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatetana pa(XVI) patetana mu(XVIII) mwatetana
Perfect positive subject concord + -metetana "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatetana "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatetana "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitetana "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotetana Consecutive katetana / positive subject concord + -katetana Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katetane Object concord —
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + -tetana- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tetanaye -tetanao m-mi(III/IV) -tetanao -tetanayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tetanalo -tetanayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tetanacho -tetanavyo n(IX/X) -tetanayo -tetanazo u(XI) -tetanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tetanako pa(XVI) -tetanapo mu(XVIII) -tetanamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -tetana) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetetana -otetana m-mi(III/IV) -otetana -yotetana ji-ma(V/VI) -lotetana -yotetana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotetana -vyotetana n(IX/X) -yotetana -zotetana u(XI) -otetana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotetana pa(XVI) -potetana mu(XVIII) -motetana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.