sukumana

Swahili

Verb

-sukumana (infinitive kusukumana)

  1. Reciprocal form of -sukuma

Conjugation

Conjugation of -sukumana
Positive present -nasukumana
Subjunctive -sukumane
Negative -sukumani
Imperative singular sukumana
Infinitives
Positive kusukumana
Negative kutosukumana
Imperatives
Singular sukumana
Plural sukumaneni
Tensed forms
Habitual husukumana
Positive past positive subject concord + -lisukumana
Negative past negative subject concord + -kusukumana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasukumana)
Singular Plural
1st person ninasukumana/nasukumana tunasukumana
2nd person unasukumana mnasukumana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anasukumana wanasukumana
other classes positive subject concord + -nasukumana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -sukumani)
Singular Plural
1st person sisukumani hatusukumani
2nd person husukumani hamsukumani
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hasukumani hawasukumani
other classes negative subject concord + -sukumani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tasukumana
Negative future negative subject concord + -tasukumana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -sukumane)
Singular Plural
1st person nisukumane tusukumane
2nd person usukumane msukumane
3rd person m-wa(I/II) asukumane wasukumane
other classes positive subject concord + -sukumane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sisukumane
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngesukumana
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singesukumana
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalisukumana
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalisukumana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asukumana)
Singular Plural
1st person nasukumana twasukumana
2nd person wasukumana mwasukumana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) asukumana wasukumana
m-mi(III/IV) wasukumana yasukumana
ji-ma(V/VI) lasukumana yasukumana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chasukumana vyasukumana
n(IX/X) yasukumana zasukumana
u(XI) wasukumana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwasukumana
pa(XVI) pasukumana
mu(XVIII) mwasukumana
Perfect positive subject concord + -mesukumana
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshasukumana
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jasukumana
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kisukumana
"If not" positive subject concord + -siposukumana
Consecutive kasukumana / positive subject concord + -kasukumana
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kasukumane
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nisukumana -tusukumana
2nd person -kusukumana -wasukumana/-kusukumaneni/-wasukumaneni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -msukumana -wasukumana
m-mi(III/IV) -usukumana -isukumana
ji-ma(V/VI) -lisukumana -yasukumana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kisukumana -visukumana
n(IX/X) -isukumana -zisukumana
u(XI) -usukumana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kusukumana
pa(XVI) -pasukumana
mu(XVIII) -musukumana
Reflexive -jisukumana
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -sukumana- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -sukumanaye -sukumanao
m-mi(III/IV) -sukumanao -sukumanayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -sukumanalo -sukumanayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -sukumanacho -sukumanavyo
n(IX/X) -sukumanayo -sukumanazo
u(XI) -sukumanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -sukumanako
pa(XVI) -sukumanapo
mu(XVIII) -sukumanamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -sukumana)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yesukumana -osukumana
m-mi(III/IV) -osukumana -yosukumana
ji-ma(V/VI) -losukumana -yosukumana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chosukumana -vyosukumana
n(IX/X) -yosukumana -zosukumana
u(XI) -osukumana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kosukumana
pa(XVI) -posukumana
mu(XVIII) -mosukumana
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.