fanya

Swahili

Pronunciation
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Verb

-fanya (infinitive kufanya)

  1. to do
    Synonym: -tenda
  2. (in reflexive forms) to pretend

Conjugation
Conjugation of -fanya
Positive present -nafanya
Subjunctive -fanye
Negative -fanyi
Imperative singular fanya
Infinitives
Positive kufanya
Negative kutofanya
Imperatives
Singular fanya
Plural fanyeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufanya
Positive past positive subject concord + -lifanya
Negative past negative subject concord + -kufanya
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafanya)
Singular Plural
1st person ninafanya/nafanya tunafanya
2nd person unafanya mnafanya
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafanya wanafanya
other classes positive subject concord + -nafanya
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fanyi)
Singular Plural
1st person sifanyi hatufanyi
2nd person hufanyi hamfanyi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafanyi hawafanyi
other classes negative subject concord + -fanyi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafanya
Negative future negative subject concord + -tafanya
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fanye)
Singular Plural
1st person nifanye tufanye
2nd person ufanye mfanye
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afanye wafanye
other classes positive subject concord + -fanye
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifanye
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefanya
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefanya
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifanya
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifanya
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afanya)
Singular Plural
1st person nafanya twafanya
2nd person wafanya mwafanya
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afanya wafanya
m-mi(III/IV) wafanya yafanya
ji-ma(V/VI) lafanya yafanya
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafanya vyafanya
n(IX/X) yafanya zafanya
u(XI) wafanya see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwafanya
pa(XVI) pafanya
mu(XVIII) mwafanya
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefanya
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshafanya
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafanya
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kifanya
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipofanya
Consecutive kafanya / positive subject concord + -kafanya
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafanye
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nifanya -tufanya
2nd person -kufanya -wafanya/-kufanyeni/-wafanyeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfanya -wafanya
m-mi(III/IV) -ufanya -ifanya
ji-ma(V/VI) -lifanya -yafanya
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifanya -vifanya
n(IX/X) -ifanya -zifanya
u(XI) -ufanya see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kufanya
pa(XVI) -pafanya
mu(XVIII) -mufanya
Reflexive -jifanya
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fanya- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -fanyaye -fanyao
m-mi(III/IV) -fanyao -fanyayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -fanyalo -fanyayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fanyacho -fanyavyo
n(IX/X) -fanyayo -fanyazo
u(XI) -fanyao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -fanyako
pa(XVI) -fanyapo
mu(XVIII) -fanyamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -fanya)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yefanya -ofanya
m-mi(III/IV) -ofanya -yofanya
ji-ma(V/VI) -lofanya -yofanya
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofanya -vyofanya
n(IX/X) -yofanya -zofanya
u(XI) -ofanya see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kofanya
pa(XVI) -pofanya
mu(XVIII) -mofanya
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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