tangika

Swahili

Verb

-tangika (infinitive kutangika)

1. Stative form of -tanga

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tangika
Positive present -natangika Subjunctive -tangike Negative -tangiki Imperative singular tangika
Infinitives
Positive kutangika Negative kutotangika
Imperatives
Singular tangika Plural tangikeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutangika Positive past positive subject concord + -litangika Negative past negative subject concord + -kutangika
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natangika) Singular Plural 1st person ninatangika/natangika tunatangika 2nd person unatangika mnatangika 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatangika wanatangika other classes positive subject concord + -natangika
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tangiki) Singular Plural 1st person sitangiki hatutangiki 2nd person hutangiki hamtangiki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatangiki hawatangiki other classes negative subject concord + -tangiki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatangika Negative future negative subject concord + -tatangika
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tangike) Singular Plural 1st person nitangike tutangike 2nd person utangike mtangike 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atangike watangike other classes positive subject concord + -tangike
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitangike Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetangika Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetangika Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitangika Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitangika
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atangika) Singular Plural 1st person natangika twatangika 2nd person watangika mwatangika 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atangika watangika m-mi(III/IV) watangika yatangika ji-ma(V/VI) latangika yatangika ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatangika vyatangika n(IX/X) yatangika zatangika u(XI) watangika see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatangika pa(XVI) patangika mu(XVIII) mwatangika
Perfect positive subject concord + -metangika "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatangika "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatangika "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitangika "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotangika Consecutive katangika / positive subject concord + -katangika Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katangike
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitangika -tutangika 2nd person -kutangika -watangika/-kutangikeni/-watangikeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtangika -watangika m-mi(III/IV) -utangika -itangika ji-ma(V/VI) -litangika -yatangika ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitangika -vitangika n(IX/X) -itangika -zitangika u(XI) -utangika see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutangika pa(XVI) -patangika mu(XVIII) -mutangika Reflexive -jitangika
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tangika- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tangikaye -tangikao m-mi(III/IV) -tangikao -tangikayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tangikalo -tangikayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tangikacho -tangikavyo n(IX/X) -tangikayo -tangikazo u(XI) -tangikao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tangikako pa(XVI) -tangikapo mu(XVIII) -tangikamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tangika) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetangika -otangika m-mi(III/IV) -otangika -yotangika ji-ma(V/VI) -lotangika -yotangika ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotangika -vyotangika n(IX/X) -yotangika -zotangika u(XI) -otangika see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotangika pa(XVI) -potangika mu(XVIII) -motangika
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.