tamanika

Swahili

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Verb

-tamanika (infinitive kutamanika)

1. Stative form of -tamani: to be desirable

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tamanika
Positive present -natamanika Subjunctive -tamanike Negative -tamaniki Imperative singular tamanika
Infinitives
Positive kutamanika Negative kutotamanika
Imperatives
Singular tamanika Plural tamanikeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutamanika Positive past positive subject concord + -litamanika Negative past negative subject concord + -kutamanika
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natamanika) Singular Plural 1st person ninatamanika/natamanika tunatamanika 2nd person unatamanika mnatamanika 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatamanika wanatamanika other classes positive subject concord + -natamanika
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tamaniki) Singular Plural 1st person sitamaniki hatutamaniki 2nd person hutamaniki hamtamaniki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatamaniki hawatamaniki other classes negative subject concord + -tamaniki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatamanika Negative future negative subject concord + -tatamanika
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tamanike) Singular Plural 1st person nitamanike tutamanike 2nd person utamanike mtamanike 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atamanike watamanike other classes positive subject concord + -tamanike
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitamanike Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetamanika Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetamanika Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitamanika Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitamanika
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atamanika) Singular Plural 1st person natamanika twatamanika 2nd person watamanika mwatamanika 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atamanika watamanika m-mi(III/IV) watamanika yatamanika ji-ma(V/VI) latamanika yatamanika ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatamanika vyatamanika n(IX/X) yatamanika zatamanika u(XI) watamanika see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatamanika pa(XVI) patamanika mu(XVIII) mwatamanika
Perfect positive subject concord + -metamanika "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatamanika "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatamanika "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitamanika "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotamanika Consecutive katamanika / positive subject concord + -katamanika Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katamanike
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitamanika -tutamanika 2nd person -kutamanika -watamanika/-kutamanikeni/-watamanikeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtamanika -watamanika m-mi(III/IV) -utamanika -itamanika ji-ma(V/VI) -litamanika -yatamanika ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitamanika -vitamanika n(IX/X) -itamanika -zitamanika u(XI) -utamanika see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutamanika pa(XVI) -patamanika mu(XVIII) -mutamanika Reflexive -jitamanika
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tamanika- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tamanikaye -tamanikao m-mi(III/IV) -tamanikao -tamanikayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tamanikalo -tamanikayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tamanikacho -tamanikavyo n(IX/X) -tamanikayo -tamanikazo u(XI) -tamanikao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tamanikako pa(XVI) -tamanikapo mu(XVIII) -tamanikamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tamanika) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetamanika -otamanika m-mi(III/IV) -otamanika -yotamanika ji-ma(V/VI) -lotamanika -yotamanika ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotamanika -vyotamanika n(IX/X) -yotamanika -zotamanika u(XI) -otamanika see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotamanika pa(XVI) -potamanika mu(XVIII) -motamanika
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.