dokoa

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-dokoa (infinitive kudokoa)

  1. to snatch
  2. to break off

Conjugation

Conjugation of -dokoa
Positive present -nadokoa
Subjunctive -dokoe
Negative -dokoi
Imperative singular dokoa
Infinitives
Positive kudokoa
Negative kutodokoa
Imperatives
Singular dokoa
Plural dokoeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hudokoa
Positive past positive subject concord + -lidokoa
Negative past negative subject concord + -kudokoa
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nadokoa)
Singular Plural
1st person ninadokoa/nadokoa tunadokoa
2nd person unadokoa mnadokoa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anadokoa wanadokoa
other classes positive subject concord + -nadokoa
Negative present (negative subject concord + -dokoi)
Singular Plural
1st person sidokoi hatudokoi
2nd person hudokoi hamdokoi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hadokoi hawadokoi
other classes negative subject concord + -dokoi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tadokoa
Negative future negative subject concord + -tadokoa
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -dokoe)
Singular Plural
1st person nidokoe tudokoe
2nd person udokoe mdokoe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) adokoe wadokoe
other classes positive subject concord + -dokoe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sidokoe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngedokoa
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singedokoa
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalidokoa
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalidokoa
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -adokoa)
Singular Plural
1st person nadokoa twadokoa
2nd person wadokoa mwadokoa
3rd person m-wa(I/II) adokoa wadokoa
m-mi(III/IV) wadokoa yadokoa
ji-ma(V/VI) ladokoa yadokoa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chadokoa vyadokoa
n(IX/X) yadokoa zadokoa
u(XI) wadokoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwadokoa
pa(XVI) padokoa
mu(XVIII) mwadokoa
Perfect positive subject concord + -medokoa
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshadokoa
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jadokoa
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kidokoa
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipodokoa
Consecutive kadokoa / positive subject concord + -kadokoa
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kadokoe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nidokoa -tudokoa
2nd person -kudokoa -wadokoa/-kudokoeni/-wadokoeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mdokoa -wadokoa
m-mi(III/IV) -udokoa -idokoa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lidokoa -yadokoa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kidokoa -vidokoa
n(IX/X) -idokoa -zidokoa
u(XI) -udokoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kudokoa
pa(XVI) -padokoa
mu(XVIII) -mudokoa
Reflexive -jidokoa
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -dokoa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -dokoaye -dokoao
m-mi(III/IV) -dokoao -dokoayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -dokoalo -dokoayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -dokoacho -dokoavyo
n(IX/X) -dokoayo -dokoazo
u(XI) -dokoao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -dokoako
pa(XVI) -dokoapo
mu(XVIII) -dokoamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -dokoa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yedokoa -odokoa
m-mi(III/IV) -odokoa -yodokoa
ji-ma(V/VI) -lodokoa -yodokoa
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chodokoa -vyodokoa
n(IX/X) -yodokoa -zodokoa
u(XI) -odokoa see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kodokoa
pa(XVI) -podokoa
mu(XVIII) -modokoa
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

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