Swahili
Pronunciation
Verb
-fungana (infinitive kufungana)
- Reciprocal form of -funga
Conjugation
| Conjugation of -fungana
|
| Positive present
|
-nafungana
|
| Subjunctive
|
-fungane
|
| Negative
|
-fungani
|
| Imperative singular
|
fungana
|
|
| Infinitives
|
|
|
| Imperatives
|
| Singular
|
fungana
|
| Plural
|
funganeni
|
|
| Tensed forms
|
| Habitual
|
hufungana
|
| Positive past
|
positive subject concord + -lifungana
|
| Negative past
|
negative subject concord + -kufungana
|
|
| Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafungana)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
ninafungana/nafungana
|
tunafungana
|
| 2nd person
|
unafungana
|
mnafungana
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
anafungana
|
wanafungana
|
| other classes
|
positive subject concord + -nafungana
|
|
| Negative present (negative subject concord + -fungani)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
sifungani
|
hatufungani
|
| 2nd person
|
hufungani
|
hamfungani
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
hafungani
|
hawafungani
|
| other classes
|
negative subject concord + -fungani
|
|
| Positive future
|
positive subject concord + -tafungana
|
| Negative future
|
negative subject concord + -tafungana
|
|
| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fungane)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
nifungane
|
tufungane
|
| 2nd person
|
ufungane
|
mfungane
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
afungane
|
wafungane
|
| other classes
|
positive subject concord + -fungane
|
|
| Negative subjunctive
|
positive subject concord + -sifungane
|
| Positive present conditional
|
positive subject concord + -ngefungana
|
| Negative present conditional
|
positive subject concord + -singefungana
|
| Positive past conditional
|
positive subject concord + -ngalifungana
|
| Negative past conditional
|
positive subject concord + -singalifungana
|
|
| Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afungana)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
nafungana
|
twafungana
|
| 2nd person
|
wafungana
|
mwafungana
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
afungana
|
wafungana
|
| m-mi(III/IV)
|
wafungana
|
yafungana
|
| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
lafungana
|
yafungana
|
| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
chafungana
|
vyafungana
|
| n(IX/X)
|
yafungana
|
zafungana
|
| u(XI)
|
wafungana
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
|
| ku(XV/XVII)
|
kwafungana
|
|
| pa(XVI)
|
pafungana
|
|
| mu(XVIII)
|
mwafungana
|
|
|
| Perfect
|
positive subject concord + -mefungana
|
| "Already"
|
positive subject concord + -meshafungana
|
| "Not yet"
|
negative subject concord + -jafungana
|
| "If/When"
|
positive subject concord + -kifungana
|
| "If not"
|
positive subject concord + -sipofungana
|
| Consecutive
|
kafungana / positive subject concord + -kafungana
|
| Consecutive subjunctive
|
positive subject concord + -kafungane
|
| Object concord
|
—
|
|
| Relative forms
|
| General positive (positive subject concord + -fungana- + relative marker)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| m-wa(I/II)
|
-funganaye
|
-funganao
|
| m-mi(III/IV)
|
-funganao
|
-funganayo
|
| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
-funganalo
|
-funganayo
|
| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
-funganacho
|
-funganavyo
|
| n(IX/X)
|
-funganayo
|
-funganazo
|
| u(XI)
|
-funganao
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
|
| ku(XV/XVII)
|
-funganako
|
|
| pa(XVI)
|
-funganapo
|
|
| mu(XVIII)
|
-funganamo
|
|
|
| Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -fungana)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| m-wa(I/II)
|
-yefungana
|
-ofungana
|
| m-mi(III/IV)
|
-ofungana
|
-yofungana
|
| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
-lofungana
|
-yofungana
|
| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
-chofungana
|
-vyofungana
|
| n(IX/X)
|
-yofungana
|
-zofungana
|
| u(XI)
|
-ofungana
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
|
| ku(XV/XVII)
|
-kofungana
|
|
| pa(XVI)
|
-pofungana
|
|
| mu(XVIII)
|
-mofungana
|
|
|
|
| Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
|