tepeta

Swahili

Pronunciation
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Verb

-tepeta (infinitive kutepeta)

  1. to be slack

Conjugation
Conjugation of -tepeta
Positive present -natepeta
Subjunctive -tepete
Negative -tepeti
Imperative singular tepeta
Infinitives
Positive kutepeta
Negative kutotepeta
Imperatives
Singular tepeta
Plural tepeteni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutepeta
Positive past positive subject concord + -litepeta
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutepeta
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natepeta)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatepeta/natepeta tunatepeta
2nd person unatepeta mnatepeta
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatepeta wanatepeta
other classes positive subject concord + -natepeta
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tepeti)
Singular Plural
1st person sitepeti hatutepeti
2nd person hutepeti hamtepeti
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatepeti hawatepeti
other classes negative subject concord + -tepeti
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatepeta
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatepeta
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tepete)
Singular Plural
1st person nitepete tutepete
2nd person utepete mtepete
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atepete watepete
other classes positive subject concord + -tepete
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitepete
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetepeta
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetepeta
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitepeta
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitepeta
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atepeta)
Singular Plural
1st person natepeta twatepeta
2nd person watepeta mwatepeta
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atepeta watepeta
m-mi(III/IV) watepeta yatepeta
ji-ma(V/VI) latepeta yatepeta
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatepeta vyatepeta
n(IX/X) yatepeta zatepeta
u(XI) watepeta see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatepeta
pa(XVI) patepeta
mu(XVIII) mwatepeta
Perfect positive subject concord + -metepeta
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatepeta
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatepeta
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitepeta
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotepeta
Consecutive katepeta / positive subject concord + -katepeta
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katepete
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitepeta -tutepeta
2nd person -kutepeta -watepeta/-kutepeteni/-watepeteni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtepeta -watepeta
m-mi(III/IV) -utepeta -itepeta
ji-ma(V/VI) -litepeta -yatepeta
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitepeta -vitepeta
n(IX/X) -itepeta -zitepeta
u(XI) -utepeta see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutepeta
pa(XVI) -patepeta
mu(XVIII) -mutepeta
Reflexive -jitepeta
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tepeta- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tepetaye -tepetao
m-mi(III/IV) -tepetao -tepetayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tepetalo -tepetayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tepetacho -tepetavyo
n(IX/X) -tepetayo -tepetazo
u(XI) -tepetao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tepetako
pa(XVI) -tepetapo
mu(XVIII) -tepetamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tepeta)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetepeta -otepeta
m-mi(III/IV) -otepeta -yotepeta
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotepeta -yotepeta
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotepeta -vyotepeta
n(IX/X) -yotepeta -zotepeta
u(XI) -otepeta see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotepeta
pa(XVI) -potepeta
mu(XVIII) -motepeta
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

See also
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