toleka

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-toleka (infinitive kutoleka)

1. Stative form of -toa

Conjugation

Conjugation of -toleka
Positive present -natoleka Subjunctive -toleke Negative -toleki Imperative singular toleka
Infinitives
Positive kutoleka Negative kutotoleka
Imperatives
Singular toleka Plural tolekeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutoleka Positive past positive subject concord + -litoleka Negative past negative subject concord + -kutoleka
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natoleka) Singular Plural 1st person ninatoleka/natoleka tunatoleka 2nd person unatoleka mnatoleka 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatoleka wanatoleka other classes positive subject concord + -natoleka
Negative present (negative subject concord + -toleki) Singular Plural 1st person sitoleki hatutoleki 2nd person hutoleki hamtoleki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatoleki hawatoleki other classes negative subject concord + -toleki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatoleka Negative future negative subject concord + -tatoleka
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -toleke) Singular Plural 1st person nitoleke tutoleke 2nd person utoleke mtoleke 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atoleke watoleke other classes positive subject concord + -toleke
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitoleke Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetoleka Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetoleka Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitoleka Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitoleka
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atoleka) Singular Plural 1st person natoleka twatoleka 2nd person watoleka mwatoleka 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atoleka watoleka m-mi(III/IV) watoleka yatoleka ji-ma(V/VI) latoleka yatoleka ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatoleka vyatoleka n(IX/X) yatoleka zatoleka u(XI) watoleka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatoleka pa(XVI) patoleka mu(XVIII) mwatoleka
Perfect positive subject concord + -metoleka "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatoleka "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatoleka "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitoleka "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotoleka Consecutive katoleka / positive subject concord + -katoleka Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katoleke
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitoleka -tutoleka 2nd person -kutoleka -watoleka/-kutolekeni/-watolekeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtoleka -watoleka m-mi(III/IV) -utoleka -itoleka ji-ma(V/VI) -litoleka -yatoleka ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitoleka -vitoleka n(IX/X) -itoleka -zitoleka u(XI) -utoleka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutoleka pa(XVI) -patoleka mu(XVIII) -mutoleka Reflexive -jitoleka
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -toleka- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tolekaye -tolekao m-mi(III/IV) -tolekao -tolekayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tolekalo -tolekayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tolekacho -tolekavyo n(IX/X) -tolekayo -tolekazo u(XI) -tolekao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tolekako pa(XVI) -tolekapo mu(XVIII) -tolekamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -toleka) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetoleka -otoleka m-mi(III/IV) -otoleka -yotoleka ji-ma(V/VI) -lotoleka -yotoleka ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotoleka -vyotoleka n(IX/X) -yotoleka -zotoleka u(XI) -otoleka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotoleka pa(XVI) -potoleka mu(XVIII) -motoleka
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.