fungana

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-fungana (infinitive kufungana)

1. Reciprocal form of -funga

Conjugation

Conjugation of -fungana
Positive present -nafungana Subjunctive -fungane Negative -fungani Imperative singular fungana
Infinitives
Positive kufungana Negative kutofungana
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.