Swahili
Verb
-kunjuka (infinitive kukunjuka)
- Stative form of -kunjua: to be unfolded
- (of a face) to smile
1973, Mohammed S. Abdulla, Duniani kuna watu, page 3:Uso wake umekunjuka, sini yake haina kitu kilichokiumbua, isipokuwa kwa mbali, […]- His face was smiling; his complexion had nothing that disfigured it, if not from far; […]
Conjugation
| Conjugation of -kunjuka
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| Positive present
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-nakunjuka
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| Subjunctive
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-kunjuke
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| Negative
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-kunjuki
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| Imperative singular
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kunjuka
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| Infinitives
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| Imperatives
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| Singular
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kunjuka
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| Plural
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kunjukeni
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| Tensed forms
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| Habitual
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hukunjuka
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| Positive past
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positive subject concord + -likunjuka
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| Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kukunjuka
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakunjuka)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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ninakunjuka/nakunjuka
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tunakunjuka
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| 2nd person
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unakunjuka
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mnakunjuka
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anakunjuka
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wanakunjuka
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| other classes
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positive subject concord + -nakunjuka
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -kunjuki)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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sikunjuki
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hatukunjuki
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| 2nd person
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hukunjuki
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hamkunjuki
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hakunjuki
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hawakunjuki
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| other classes
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negative subject concord + -kunjuki
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| Positive future
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positive subject concord + -takunjuka
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| Negative future
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negative subject concord + -takunjuka
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kunjuke)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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nikunjuke
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tukunjuke
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| 2nd person
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ukunjuke
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mkunjuke
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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akunjuke
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wakunjuke
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| other classes
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positive subject concord + -kunjuke
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| Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sikunjuke
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| Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngekunjuka
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| Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singekunjuka
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| Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalikunjuka
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| Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalikunjuka
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| Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akunjuka)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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nakunjuka
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twakunjuka
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| 2nd person
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wakunjuka
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mwakunjuka
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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akunjuka
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wakunjuka
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| m-mi(III/IV)
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wakunjuka
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yakunjuka
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| ji-ma(V/VI)
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lakunjuka
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yakunjuka
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| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
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chakunjuka
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vyakunjuka
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| n(IX/X)
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yakunjuka
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zakunjuka
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| u(XI)
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wakunjuka
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see n(X) or ma(VI) class
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| ku(XV/XVII)
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kwakunjuka
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| pa(XVI)
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pakunjuka
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| mu(XVIII)
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mwakunjuka
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| Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mekunjuka
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| "Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshakunjuka
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| "Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jakunjuka
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| "If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kikunjuka
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| "If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipokunjuka
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| Consecutive
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kakunjuka / positive subject concord + -kakunjuka
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| Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kakunjuke
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| Object concord
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| Relative forms
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| General positive (positive subject concord + -kunjuka- + relative marker)
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Singular
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Plural
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| m-wa(I/II)
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-kunjukaye
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-kunjukao
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| m-mi(III/IV)
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-kunjukao
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-kunjukayo
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| ji-ma(V/VI)
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-kunjukalo
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-kunjukayo
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| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
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-kunjukacho
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-kunjukavyo
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| n(IX/X)
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-kunjukayo
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-kunjukazo
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| u(XI)
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-kunjukao
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see n(X) or ma(VI) class
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| ku(XV/XVII)
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-kunjukako
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| pa(XVI)
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-kunjukapo
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| mu(XVIII)
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-kunjukamo
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| Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -kunjuka)
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Singular
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Plural
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| m-wa(I/II)
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-yekunjuka
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-okunjuka
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| m-mi(III/IV)
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-okunjuka
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-yokunjuka
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| ji-ma(V/VI)
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-lokunjuka
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-yokunjuka
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| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
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-chokunjuka
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-vyokunjuka
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| n(IX/X)
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-yokunjuka
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-zokunjuka
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| u(XI)
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-okunjuka
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see n(X) or ma(VI) class
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| ku(XV/XVII)
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-kokunjuka
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| pa(XVI)
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-pokunjuka
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| mu(XVIII)
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-mokunjuka
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| Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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