tombana

Swahili

Verb

-tombana (infinitive kutombana)

1. Reciprocal form of -tomba

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tombana
Positive present -natombana Subjunctive -tombane Negative -tombani Imperative singular tombana
Infinitives
Positive kutombana Negative kutotombana
Imperatives
Singular tombana Plural tombaneni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutombana Positive past positive subject concord + -litombana Negative past negative subject concord + -kutombana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natombana) Singular Plural 1st person ninatombana/natombana tunatombana 2nd person unatombana mnatombana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatombana wanatombana other classes positive subject concord + -natombana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tombani) Singular Plural 1st person sitombani hatutombani 2nd person hutombani hamtombani 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatombani hawatombani other classes negative subject concord + -tombani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatombana Negative future negative subject concord + -tatombana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tombane) Singular Plural 1st person nitombane tutombane 2nd person utombane mtombane 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atombane watombane other classes positive subject concord + -tombane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitombane Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetombana Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetombana Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitombana Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitombana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atombana) Singular Plural 1st person natombana twatombana 2nd person watombana mwatombana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atombana watombana m-mi(III/IV) watombana yatombana ji-ma(V/VI) latombana yatombana ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatombana vyatombana n(IX/X) yatombana zatombana u(XI) watombana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatombana pa(XVI) patombana mu(XVIII) mwatombana
Perfect positive subject concord + -metombana "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatombana "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatombana "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitombana "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotombana Consecutive katombana / positive subject concord + -katombana Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katombane Object concord —
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + -tombana- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tombanaye -tombanao m-mi(III/IV) -tombanao -tombanayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tombanalo -tombanayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tombanacho -tombanavyo n(IX/X) -tombanayo -tombanazo u(XI) -tombanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tombanako pa(XVI) -tombanapo mu(XVIII) -tombanamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -tombana) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetombana -otombana m-mi(III/IV) -otombana -yotombana ji-ma(V/VI) -lotombana -yotombana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotombana -vyotombana n(IX/X) -yotombana -zotombana u(XI) -otombana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotombana pa(XVI) -potombana mu(XVIII) -motombana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.