pendana

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-pendana (infinitive kupendana)

1. Reciprocal form of -penda: to like each other, to love each other

Conjugation

Conjugation of -pendana
Positive present -napendana Subjunctive -pendane Negative -pendani Imperative singular pendana
Infinitives
Positive kupendana Negative kutopendana
Imperatives
Singular pendana Plural pendaneni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupendana Positive past positive subject concord + -lipendana Negative past negative subject concord + -kupendana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napendana) Singular Plural 1st person ninapendana/napendana tunapendana 2nd person unapendana mnapendana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapendana wanapendana other classes positive subject concord + -napendana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pendani) Singular Plural 1st person sipendani hatupendani 2nd person hupendani hampendani 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapendani hawapendani other classes negative subject concord + -pendani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapendana Negative future negative subject concord + -tapendana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pendane) Singular Plural 1st person nipendane tupendane 2nd person upendane mpendane 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apendane wapendane other classes positive subject concord + -pendane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipendane Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngependana Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singependana Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipendana Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipendana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apendana) Singular Plural 1st person napendana twapendana 2nd person wapendana mwapendana 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apendana wapendana m-mi(III/IV) wapendana yapendana ji-ma(V/VI) lapendana yapendana ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapendana vyapendana n(IX/X) yapendana zapendana u(XI) wapendana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwapendana pa(XVI) papendana mu(XVIII) mwapendana
Perfect positive subject concord + -mependana "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapendana "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japendana "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipendana "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopendana Consecutive kapendana / positive subject concord + -kapendana Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapendane Object concord —
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + -pendana- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -pendanaye -pendanao m-mi(III/IV) -pendanao -pendanayo ji-ma(V/VI) -pendanalo -pendanayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pendanacho -pendanavyo n(IX/X) -pendanayo -pendanazo u(XI) -pendanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -pendanako pa(XVI) -pendanapo mu(XVIII) -pendanamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -pendana) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yependana -opendana m-mi(III/IV) -opendana -yopendana ji-ma(V/VI) -lopendana -yopendana ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopendana -vyopendana n(IX/X) -yopendana -zopendana u(XI) -opendana see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopendana pa(XVI) -popendana mu(XVIII) -mopendana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.