From Arabic طَمِعَ (ṭamiʕa).
-tumaini (infinitive kutumaini)
- to hope (to want something to happen)
- to believe, expect
Conjugation of -tumaini
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Positive present
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-natumaini
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Subjunctive
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-tumaini
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Negative
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-tumaini
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Imperative singular
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tumaini
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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hutumaini
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -litumaini
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kutumaini
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -natumaini)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninatumaini/natumaini
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tunatumaini
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2nd person
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unatumaini
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mnatumaini
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anatumaini
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wanatumaini
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -natumaini
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -tumaini)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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situmaini
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hatutumaini
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2nd person
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hutumaini
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hamtumaini
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hatumaini
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hawatumaini
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -tumaini
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tatumaini
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tatumaini
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tumaini)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nitumaini
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tutumaini
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2nd person
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utumaini
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mtumaini
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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atumaini
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watumaini
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -tumaini
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -situmaini
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngetumaini
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singetumaini
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalitumaini
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalitumaini
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -metumaini
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshatumaini
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jatumaini
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kitumaini
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipotumaini
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Consecutive
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katumaini / positive subject concord + -katumaini
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -katumaini
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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tumaini (ma class, plural matumaini)
- belief, expectation
- (often in the plural) hope