tajia

Swahili

Verb

-tajia (infinitive kutajia)

  1. Applicative form of -taja

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tajia
Positive present -natajia
Subjunctive -tajie
Negative -tajii
Imperative singular tajia
Infinitives
Positive kutajia
Negative kutotajia
Imperatives
Singular tajia
Plural tajieni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutajia
Positive past positive subject concord + -litajia
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutajia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natajia)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatajia/natajia tunatajia
2nd person unatajia mnatajia
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatajia wanatajia
other classes positive subject concord + -natajia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tajii)
Singular Plural
1st person sitajii hatutajii
2nd person hutajii hamtajii
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatajii hawatajii
other classes negative subject concord + -tajii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatajia
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatajia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tajie)
Singular Plural
1st person nitajie tutajie
2nd person utajie mtajie
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atajie watajie
other classes positive subject concord + -tajie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitajie
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetajia
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetajia
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitajia
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitajia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atajia)
Singular Plural
1st person natajia twatajia
2nd person watajia mwatajia
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atajia watajia
m-mi(III/IV) watajia yatajia
ji-ma(V/VI) latajia yatajia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatajia vyatajia
n(IX/X) yatajia zatajia
u(XI) watajia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatajia
pa(XVI) patajia
mu(XVIII) mwatajia
Perfect positive subject concord + -metajia
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatajia
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatajia
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitajia
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotajia
Consecutive katajia / positive subject concord + -katajia
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katajie
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitajia -tutajia
2nd person -kutajia -watajia/-kutajieni/-watajieni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtajia -watajia
m-mi(III/IV) -utajia -itajia
ji-ma(V/VI) -litajia -yatajia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitajia -vitajia
n(IX/X) -itajia -zitajia
u(XI) -utajia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutajia
pa(XVI) -patajia
mu(XVIII) -mutajia
Reflexive -jitajia
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tajia- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tajiaye -tajiao
m-mi(III/IV) -tajiao -tajiayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tajialo -tajiayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tajiacho -tajiavyo
n(IX/X) -tajiayo -tajiazo
u(XI) -tajiao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tajiako
pa(XVI) -tajiapo
mu(XVIII) -tajiamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tajia)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetajia -otajia
m-mi(III/IV) -otajia -yotajia
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotajia -yotajia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotajia -vyotajia
n(IX/X) -yotajia -zotajia
u(XI) -otajia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotajia
pa(XVI) -potajia
mu(XVIII) -motajia
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.