onana

Swahili

Pronunciation
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Verb

-onana (infinitive kuonana)

  1. Reciprocal form of -ona: to see each other, meet

Conjugation
Conjugation of -onana
Positive present -naonana
Subjunctive -onane
Negative -onani
Imperative singular onana
Infinitives
Positive kuonana
Negative kutoonana
Imperatives
Singular onana
Plural onaneni
Tensed forms
Habitual huonana
Positive past positive subject concord + -lionana
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuonana
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naonana)
Singular Plural
1st person ninaonana/naonana tunaonana
2nd person unaonana mnaonana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaonana wanaonana
other classes positive subject concord + -naonana
Negative present (negative subject concord + -onani)
Singular Plural
1st person sionani hatuonani
2nd person huonani hamwonani
3rd person m-wa(I/II) haonani hawaonani
other classes negative subject concord + -onani
Positive future positive subject concord + -taonana
Negative future negative subject concord + -taonana
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -onane)
Singular Plural
1st person nionane tuonane
2nd person uonane mwonane
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aonane waonane
other classes positive subject concord + -onane
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sionane
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeonana
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeonana
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalionana
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalionana
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aonana)
Singular Plural
1st person naonana twaonana
2nd person waonana mwaonana
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aonana waonana
m-mi(III/IV) waonana yaonana
ji-ma(V/VI) laonana yaonana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaonana vyaonana
n(IX/X) yaonana zaonana
u(XI) waonana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwaonana
pa(XVI) paonana
mu(XVIII) mwaonana
Perfect positive subject concord + -meonana
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshaonana
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaonana
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kionana
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipoonana
Consecutive kaonana / positive subject concord + -kaonana
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaonane
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nionana -tuonana
2nd person -kuonana -waonana/-kuonaneni/-waonaneni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwonana -waonana
m-mi(III/IV) -uonana -ionana
ji-ma(V/VI) -lionana -yaonana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kionana -vionana
n(IX/X) -ionana -zionana
u(XI) -uonana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuonana
pa(XVI) -paonana
mu(XVIII) -muonana
Reflexive -jionana
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -onana- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -onanaye -onanao
m-mi(III/IV) -onanao -onanayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -onanalo -onanayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -onanacho -onanavyo
n(IX/X) -onanayo -onanazo
u(XI) -onanao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -onanako
pa(XVI) -onanapo
mu(XVIII) -onanamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -onana)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yeonana -oonana
m-mi(III/IV) -oonana -yoonana
ji-ma(V/VI) -loonana -yoonana
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choonana -vyoonana
n(IX/X) -yoonana -zoonana
u(XI) -oonana see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -koonana
pa(XVI) -poonana
mu(XVIII) -moonana
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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