gombana

Swahili

Pronunciation
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Verb

-gombana (infinitive kugombana)

  1. Reciprocal form of -gomba

Conjugation
Conjugation of -gombana
Positive present -nagombana
Subjunctive -gombane
Negative -gombani
Imperative singular gombana
Infinitives
Positive kugombana
Negative kutogombana
Imperatives
Singular gombana
Plural gombaneni
Tensed forms
Habitual hugombana
Positive past positive subject concord + -ligombana
Negative past negative subject concord + -kugombana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nagombana)
Singular Plural
1st person ninagombana/nagombana tunagombana
2nd person unagombana mnagombana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anagombana wanagombana
other classes positive subject concord + -nagombana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -gombani)
Singular Plural
1st person sigombani hatugombani
2nd person hugombani hamgombani
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hagombani hawagombani
other classes negative subject concord + -gombani
Positive future positive subject concord + -tagombana
Negative future negative subject concord + -tagombana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -gombane)
Singular Plural
1st person nigombane tugombane
2nd person ugombane mgombane
3rd person m-wa(I/II) agombane wagombane
other classes positive subject concord + -gombane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sigombane
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngegombana
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singegombana
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaligombana
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaligombana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -agombana)
Singular Plural
1st person nagombana twagombana
2nd person wagombana mwagombana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) agombana wagombana
m-mi(III/IV) wagombana yagombana
ji-ma(V/VI) lagombana yagombana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chagombana vyagombana
n(IX/X) yagombana zagombana
u(XI) wagombana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwagombana
pa(XVI) pagombana
mu(XVIII) mwagombana
Perfect positive subject concord + -megombana
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshagombana
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jagombana
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kigombana
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipogombana
Consecutive kagombana / positive subject concord + -kagombana
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kagombane
Object concord —
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + -gombana- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -gombanaye -gombanao
m-mi(III/IV) -gombanao -gombanayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -gombanalo -gombanayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -gombanacho -gombanavyo
n(IX/X) -gombanayo -gombanazo
u(XI) -gombanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -gombanako
pa(XVI) -gombanapo
mu(XVIII) -gombanamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -gombana)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yegombana -ogombana
m-mi(III/IV) -ogombana -yogombana
ji-ma(V/VI) -logombana -yogombana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chogombana -vyogombana
n(IX/X) -yogombana -zogombana
u(XI) -ogombana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kogombana
pa(XVI) -pogombana
mu(XVIII) -mogombana
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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