vunjana

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-vunjana (infinitive kuvunjana)

1. Reciprocal form of -vunja

Conjugation

Conjugation of -vunjana
Positive present -navunjana Subjunctive -vunjane Negative -vunjani Imperative singular vunjana
Infinitives
Positive kuvunjana Negative kutovunjana
Imperatives
Singular vunjana Plural vunjaneni
Tensed forms
Habitual huvunjana Positive past positive subject concord + -livunjana Negative past negative subject concord + -kuvunjana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -navunjana) Singular Plural 1st person ninavunjana/navunjana tunavunjana 2nd person unavunjana mnavunjana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anavunjana wanavunjana other classes positive subject concord + -navunjana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -vunjani) Singular Plural 1st person sivunjani hatuvunjani 2nd person huvunjani hamvunjani 3rd person m-wa(I/II) havunjani hawavunjani other classes negative subject concord + -vunjani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tavunjana Negative future negative subject concord + -tavunjana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -vunjane) Singular Plural 1st person nivunjane tuvunjane 2nd person uvunjane mvunjane 3rd person m-wa(I/II) avunjane wavunjane other classes positive subject concord + -vunjane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sivunjane Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngevunjana Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singevunjana Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalivunjana Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalivunjana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -avunjana) Singular Plural 1st person navunjana twavunjana 2nd person wavunjana mwavunjana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) avunjana wavunjana m-mi(III/IV) wavunjana yavunjana ji-ma(V/VI) lavunjana yavunjana ki-vi(VII/VIII) chavunjana vyavunjana n(IX/X) yavunjana zavunjana u(XI) wavunjana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwavunjana pa(XVI) pavunjana mu(XVIII) mwavunjana
Perfect positive subject concord + -mevunjana "Already" positive subject concord + -meshavunjana "Not yet" negative subject concord + -javunjana "If/When" positive subject concord + -kivunjana "If not" positive subject concord + -sipovunjana Consecutive kavunjana / positive subject concord + -kavunjana Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kavunjane Object concord —
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + -vunjana- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -vunjanaye -vunjanao m-mi(III/IV) -vunjanao -vunjanayo ji-ma(V/VI) -vunjanalo -vunjanayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -vunjanacho -vunjanavyo n(IX/X) -vunjanayo -vunjanazo u(XI) -vunjanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -vunjanako pa(XVI) -vunjanapo mu(XVIII) -vunjanamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -vunjana) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yevunjana -ovunjana m-mi(III/IV) -ovunjana -yovunjana ji-ma(V/VI) -lovunjana -yovunjana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chovunjana -vyovunjana n(IX/X) -yovunjana -zovunjana u(XI) -ovunjana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kovunjana pa(XVI) -povunjana mu(XVIII) -movunjana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.